Sacramento
Workers’ Compensation Attorney
Have You Suffered a Serious Work Injury?
Advocating for
Injured Workers
Sacramento Workers Compensation attorney Roy Yang has been advocating for employee rights since 2005. Immediately after graduating lawschool he worked tirelessly representing unions in labor disputes and employment law issues. He honed his advocacy skills working with multiple Peace Officer Unions in representing their members.
He has over 15 years of experience in Workers’ Compensation. For the past 9 years he has returned to his passion of representing employees.
Have you suffered a serious work injury? Contact Sacramento workers’ compensation lawyer at the Law Office of Roy Yang for FREE consultation about your California workers compensation claim and medical benefits. Give us a call at (916) 269-9100 to speak with a Sacramento workers compensation attorney today.
Frequently Asked Questions
The FAQ information on this page is from the Department of Industrial Relations website.
What is workers' compensation?
One event at work, such as hurting your back in a fall, getting burned by a chemical that splashes on your skin or getting hurt in a car accident while making deliveries.
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Repeated exposures at work, such as hurting your wrist from doing the same motion over and over or losing your hearing because of constant loud noise.
How can I avoid getting hurt on the job?
What should I do if I have a job injury?
Reporting promptly helps prevent problems and delays in receiving benefits, including medical care you may need. If your employer does not learn about your injury within 30 days and this prevents your employer from fully investigating the injury and how you were injured, you could lose your right to receive workers’ compensation benefits.
Get emergency treatment if you need it. Your employer may tell you where to go for treatment. Tell the health care provider who treats you that your injury or illness is job-related.
Fill out a claim form and give it to your employer. Your employer must give or mail you a claim form within one working day after learning about your injury or illness. If your employer doesn’t give you the claim form you can download it from the forms page of the DWC website.
Do I need to fill out the claim form (DWC 1) my employer gave me?
Yes. Giving the completed form to your employer opens your workers’ compensation case. It starts the process for finding all benefits you may qualify for under state law. Those benefits include, but are not limited to:
- A presumption that your injury or illness was caused by work if your claim is not accepted or denied within 90 days of giving the completed claim form to your employer
- Up to $10,000 in treatment under medical treatment guidelines while the claims administrator considers your claim
- An increase in your disability payments if they’re late
- A way to resolve any disagreements between you and the claims administrator over whether your injury or illness happened on the job, the medical treatment you receive and whether you will receive permanent disability benefits.
What benefits am I entitled to?
Workers’ comp insurance provides five basic benefits:
- Medical care: Paid for by your employer to help you recover from an injury or illness caused by work
- Temporary disability benefits: Payments if you lose wages because your injury prevents you from doing your usual job while recovering
- Permanent disability benefits: Payments if you don’t recover completely
- Supplemental job displacement benefits (if your date of injury is in 2004 or later):Vouchers to help pay for retraining or skill enhancement if you don’t recover completely and don’t return to work for your employer
- Death benefits: Payments to your spouse, children or other dependents if you die from a job injury or illness.
Attend a free seminar for injured workers at a local DWC office for a full explanation of workers’ comp benefits, your rights and responsibilities.
What resources are available to me?
In addition, there is a lot of information on the I&A page of the DWC’s website. Check out the fact sheets and guides for injured workers. The fact sheets provide answers to frequently asked questions about issues affecting your benefits. The guides will help you fill out forms you may need to get a problem with your claim resolved at the local DWC district office.
How can I find out who provides workers' compensation coverage for my employer or another business in California?
More information about workers’ compensation can be found on the DWC’s Web page for injured workers.