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Local Division of Workers' Compensation offices, sometimes called WCABs, provide judicial services to assist in the prompt and fair resolution of disputes that sometimes arise from workers' compensation claims. Local offices are part of the workers' compensation court system, where judges make decisions about cases, but they also provide other services for injured workers and employers. Most local offices have information and assistance (I&A) officers on staff. I&A officers are there to assist injured workers who don't have attorneys and help them navigate the system. Call 1-800-736-7401 for recorded information 24 hours a day or contact a local office directly.
Division of Workers' Compensation implements pilot project in Sacramento and San Diego. This project was designed to help reduce the number of expedited hearings and make the court system run more efficiently by simplifying the process of getting the parties in a disputed claim together to resolve their differences. Read more about this pilot project by clicking here. To participate in this project your case file must be in Sacramento or San Diego and you must use the request form.
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| Anaheim - AHM Bakersfield - BAK Eureka - EUR Fresno - FRE Goleta - GOL Grover Beach - GRO |
Long Beach - LBO Los Angeles - LAO Marina del Rey - MDR Oakland - OAK Oxnard - OXN Pomona - POM |
Redding - RDG Riverside - RIV Sacramento - SAC Salinas - SAL San Bernardino - SBR San Diego - SDO |
San Francisco - SFO San Jose - SJO Santa Ana - ANA Santa Rosa - SRO Stockton - STK Van Nuys - VNO |
Claims adjudication activity at local DWC/WCAB offices
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||
| Total opening documents* | 192,020 | 155,405 | 143,194 | 138,615 | |
| Declarations of readiness** | 294,334 | 292,595 | 302,175 | 335,599 | |
| Hearings held | 295,784 | 349,045 | 357,945 | 333,421 | |
| Decisions issued | 159,848 | 171,247 | 148,537 | 139,785 | |
| *Includes received applications for adjudication
and settlement documents **Includes window period applications |
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Claims adjudication activity 1997 - 2003
DWC and WCAB forms may be obtained by contacting a local DWC district office or they may be downloaded directly from here in Adobe Acrobat.
Assistance in completing the forms may be found in the DWC injured worker guides.
January 2008