The loss of a family member is a devastating experience that typically causes a number of hardships. In cases where the family breadwinner loses his or her life, the surviving family will face a future without that residual income. While nothing can undo the loss, the...
The benefits paid by California workers' compensation insurance funds are based on a "no-fault" system, meaning that an injured worker does not have to prove anybody at fault. After a workplace injury, regardless of whose fault it was, the insurance fund will commonly...
Company owners in California have a duty to provide safe workplace surroundings for all their workers. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration prescribes strict safety regulations, and employers who fail to comply with these...
Following up on our blog post about a deadly crane accident on October 3 (OSHA finds fatal crane accident on the job was avoidable), California workers may be interested to learn how such accidents can be avoided. Employers are typically responsible for the safety of...
The devastation California families experience when a loved one dies in a workplace accident will naturally be exacerbated by the knowledge that their death could have been avoided if proper safety measures had been taken. Two families in another state have to cope...
