Workers' compensation is the oldest social insurance program; it was adopted in most states including California, during the second decade of the 20th century. It is a no-fault system, meaning that injured employees need not to prove the injury was someone else's fault in order to receive workers' compensation benefits for an on-the-job injury.
workers' compensation benefits
The benefit structure defines what injured workers are entitled to receive when they sustain an injury “arising out of and in the course of” their employment. There are six basic types of workers’ compensation benefits available, depending on the nature, date, and severity of the worker’s injury:
medical care
salary continuation and temporary disability benefits
permanent disability benefits
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION SERVICES (FOR INJURIES BEFORE JAN. 1, 2004)
SUPPLEMENTAL JOB DISPLACEMENT BENEFIT (FOR INJURIES ON OR AFTER JAN. 1, 2004)
