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Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation
Heat Hazards in Agriculture, A Guide For Employers To Carry Out Tailgate Training for Workers 
English version - Spanish version
Update to the Guidebook for Injured Workers, 2008
- Predesignating a medical group version
version
- Temporary Disability benefits period of payment extended version version
A Guidebook for Injured Workers, Third Edition, November 2006
The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation is pleased to release the third
edition of "Workers' Compensation in California: A Guidebook for Injured Workers," November 2006, now available in
English 
and Spanish .
The commission would like to thank and acknowledge the project
advisory committee, the production team, and all other individuals and organizations that assisted in this project. The
guidebook was created by UC Berkeley, Institute of Industrial Relations (IIR) and Labor Occupational Health Program
(LOHP), under contract with the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation.
The guidebook includes workers' compensation legislation that was enacted in 2003 and 2004, and regulations adopted through November 2006. The guidebook will continue to be updated as needed to reflect the latest information.
Introduction to workers' compensation video
(length: 15 minutes, 46 seconds)
