Buzzell Law Group Blog

Many people wonder if they need a lawyer to get workers’ compensation after a work-related injury or illness. The best answer is: “It depends.”

If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, working from home has a lot of perks. For example: no commuting, better work-life balance, and fewer distractions (goodbye, compulsory work birthday parties). But are you protected under workers’ compensation laws while telecommuting?

California is widely recognized as having the best gun laws in the nation. Indeed, it’s something to be proud of. But…

Governor Newsom and the Legislative leadership agree that inflation is creating real pain for real families.

Consider how California’s policies, laws and institutions have perverted Workers’ Compensation into an ageist system where the insurers collect more and pay out less the longer an employee has been on the job.

In case you missed it, the California Superior Court made a ruling earlier this month in one of the most important cases CAAA has been engaged in for some time- Castellanos v. State of California, better known to the rest of the state as the gig-worker case.

Let’s talk about essential workers during the start of the pandemic.

You can’t read it. You can’t speak it. California uses YOUR labor and taxes YOUR income. But, when a worker gets injured, California’s Workers’ Compensation system still doesn’t translate what you need into the language you speak…