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Kids’ Chance-Scholarships for Injured Workers’ Children in California News

Kids’ Chance-Scholarships for Injured Workers’ Children in California

Wiesner English, P.C., is proud to contribute to Kids’ Chance. Kids’ Chance is a nation-wide…

wiesnerengldevMarch 23, 2023

Who Qualifies Benefits in a California Subsequent Injury Fund Case? SettlementsTemporary DisabililtyWork Comp Benefits

Who Qualifies Benefits in a California Subsequent Injury Fund Case?

What happens when you are severely injured at work but are not deemed 100% disabled…

wiesnerengldevMarch 3, 2023

Amended Labor Code Sections Protecting Legal Presumptions Takes Effect January 1, 2023 Temporary DisabililtyWork Comp Benefits

Amended Labor Code Sections Protecting Legal Presumptions Takes Effect January 1, 2023

Beginning January 1, 2023, peace officers, fire fighters, and other qualified public servants in the…

wiesnerengldevDecember 15, 2022

California Workers’ Compensation Retraining Vouchers Work Comp Benefits

California Workers’ Compensation Retraining Vouchers

What is the Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit (SJDB) retraining Voucher A retraining voucher (formally a…

wiesnerengldevDecember 3, 2022

The Role of Subpoenas in California Workers’ Compensation News

The Role of Subpoenas in California Workers’ Compensation

What is a subpoena? A subpoena is a court order. Sometimes it is an order…

wiesnerengldevOctober 14, 2022

Special Wage Loss Payments for Peace Officers, State Employees, and Teachers Temporary DisabililtyWork Comp Benefits

Special Wage Loss Payments for Peace Officers, State Employees, and Teachers

As my partner Marc S. Wiesner outlined in a prior post, time missed at work…

wiesnerengldevSeptember 14, 2022

Alphabet Soup of Workers’ Compensation, Part III—Special issues Work Comp Benefits

Alphabet Soup of Workers’ Compensation, Part III—Special issues

In my first post, we covered issues that arise earlier in a case (AWW, TD,…

wiesnerengldevAugust 2, 2022

Why Can’t I Take my WC Prescription to the Pharmacy the Same Day? Medical TreatmentWork Comp Benefits

Why Can’t I Take my WC Prescription to the Pharmacy the Same Day?

I know, it’s mind-blowing, isn’t it? Your work comp doctor, who the insurance may have…

wiesnerengldevApril 27, 2022

Alphabet Soup of Workers’ Compensation, Part II—Later in Case Concerns SettlementsWork Comp Benefits

Alphabet Soup of Workers’ Compensation, Part II—Later in Case Concerns

My earlier post covered issues that arise earlier in a case (AWW, TD, PTPs, WPI,…

wiesnerengldevFebruary 25, 2022

Why Wage Loss (TD) Stops in a California Work Comp Case? Temporary DisabililtyWork Comp Benefits

Why Wage Loss (TD) Stops in a California Work Comp Case?

Imagine being injured so badly at work that your doctor tells you to stay home.…

wiesnerengldevJanuary 28, 2022