1. Commission on Health & Safety & Workers' Comp

Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation

Information for Workers and Employers

This section contains important information and guidebooks about workers' compensation and health and safety for workers and employers.

• COVID-19 in the California Workers’ Compensation System: A Study of COVID-19 Claims and Presumptions Under Senate Bill 1159, RAND, 2021.
  • COVID-19’s Impacts on California’s Workers’ Compensation System. Evaluating the Effects of Senate Bill 1159, RAND, 2022 (Research Brief)
• Report on Evaluation of the Return-to-Work Fund in California's Workers' Compensation System: Performance to Date and Options for Modification - Michael S. Dworsky, Denise D. Quigley, Stephanie L. Rennane, Madeline B. Doyle, RAND, 2018
  • Public Comments on the RTW Fund Draft Report
• Excessive Workload in the Janitorial Industry, An Emerging Health and Safety Concern. - Suzanne Teran and Evan vanDommelen-Gonzalez, Labor Occupational Health Program, University of California, Berkeley, March 2017
• California's Janitorial Industry: Does Higher Compensation for Unionized Workers Lead to Greater Production Pressure and Higher Injury Rates? - Frank Neuhauser, University of California, Berkeley, March 2017
• If Your Employer is Illegally Uninsured: How to Apply for Workers’ Compensation Benefits, June 2011 (Spanish)
• The Whole Worker: Guidelines for Integrating Occupational Health and Safety with Workplace Wellness Programs, 2010
• Helping Injured Employees Return to Work: Practical Guidance Under Workers’ Compensation and Disability Rights Laws in California, February 2010
  (Note: This is a 2010 publication prior to SB 863 changes and superseded by the Guidebook for Injured Workers.)
• Heat Hazards in Agriculture, A Guide For Employers To Carry Out Tailgate Training for Workers (Spanish)
• Improving disputes resolution for California's injured workers, RAND 2003
• Recommendations for improvement of the IMC's of injured workers and regulations of QMEs, revised July 2003 version

What to Do When There Is an Injury at Work

• Guidebook for Injured Workers (now a DIR publication), 2016
• If Your Employer is Illegally Uninsured: How to Apply for Workers’ Compensation Benefits, 2011 (Spanish)
• Helping Injured Employees Return to Work: Practical Guidance (Note: This is a 2010 publication prior to SB 863 changes and superseded by the Guidebook for Injured Workers.)

Educational Materials

• Guidebook for injured workers - Video entitled "Introduction to Workers’ Compensation" - Project Description

Benefit Notice Simplification Project

• Recommendations: Information for Injured Workers, May 2000

August 2022