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Man Attacks 7-Eleven Worker with Knife, as Attacks on Workers Continue
Man Attacks 7-Eleven Worker with Knife, as Attacks on Workers Continue

Santee, CA (WorkersCompenstion.com) – Another week, another series of attacks on workers just trying to do their jobs. In Santee, California, this week, a man is under arrest after he attacked a convenience store worker with […]
Employee at Santa Monica College Shot, Killed by Coworker
Employee at Santa Monica College Shot, Killed by Coworker

Santa Monica, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employee of Santa Monica College is dead after being shot by a coworker. Officials said Felicia Hudson, 54, was working as a custodial operations manager at the college’s Center […]
What are Temporary Disability Benefits in California?
What are Temporary Disability Benefits in California?

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Temporary disability benefits are payments for a worker get if a worker loses wages because an injury prevents her from doing her usual job while recovering. The following highlights information. Simply […]
Kids’ Chance of California Announces Scholarship Awards for the 2024/2025 Academic Year
Kids’ Chance of California Announces Scholarship Awards for the 2024/2025 Academic Year

AUGUST 27, 2024 Soquel, CA – Kids’ Chance of California (KCOCA), a non-profit educational scholarship provider to the children of California workers who have been fatally or seriously injured on the job, announces that it has awarded […]
Could Widow of Driver Packed into Hotel During Pandemic Sue for Negligence?
Could Widow of Driver Packed into Hotel During Pandemic Sue for Negligence?

What Do You Think? Santa Maria, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employees, or their survivors, may be able to sue a company for negligence, and thus bypass the workers’ compensation exclusivity rule, if they can show the […]
Calif. Top Court Finds No Conflict Between Prop. 22, State Constitution
Calif. Top Court Finds No Conflict Between Prop. 22, State Constitution

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Back in 2020, California voters enacted Proposition 22, which went on to become Business and Professions Code Section 7451. That law turned back a previous legislative act in the Golden State […]
What Must be in a California Petition for Reconsideration?
What Must be in a California Petition for Reconsideration?

Compliance Corner Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Under California law, anyone aggrieved directly or indirectly by any final order, decision, or award made and filed by the appeals board or a workers' compensation judge may petition […]
Home Care Agency Cited after Nurse death as Assaults on Health Care Workers Continue
Home Care Agency Cited after Nurse death as Assaults on Health Care Workers Continue

Willimantic, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) – On Wednesday, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited a home care agency in Connecticut in the death of a licensed practical nurse as attacks on health care workers […]