California

Labor Code

2,656 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 4062 — (a) If either the employee or employer objects to a medical determination made by the treating physician concerning any medical issues not covered by Section 4060 or 4061 and not subject to Section 46
• § 4062.1 — (a) If an employee is not represented by an attorney, the employer shall not seek agreement with the employee on an agreed medical evaluator, nor shall an agreed medical evaluator prepare the formal m
• § 4062.2 — (a) Whenever a comprehensive medical evaluation is required to resolve any dispute arising out of an injury or a claimed injury occurring on or after January 1, 2005, and the employee is represented b
• § 4062.3 — (a) Any party may provide to the qualified medical evaluator selected from a panel any of the following information: (1) Records prepared or maintained by the employee’s treating physician or physicia
• § 4062.4 — (a) (1) The administrative director shall develop and make available a template qualified medical evaluator (QME) report form, which shall include all necessary statutory and regulatory requirements f
• § 4062.5 — If a qualified medical evaluator selected from a panel fails to complete the formal medical evaluation within the timeframes established by the administrative director pursuant to paragraph (1) of sub
• § 4062.8 — The administrative director shall develop, not later than January 1, 2004, and periodically revise as necessary thereafter, educational materials to be used to provide treating physicians, as describe
• § 4063 — If a formal medical evaluation from an agreed medical evaluator or a qualified medical evaluator selected from a three member panel resolves any issue so as to require an employer to provide compensat
• § 4064 — (a) The employer shall be liable for the cost of each reasonable and necessary comprehensive medical-legal evaluation obtained by the employee pursuant to Sections 4060, 4061, and 4062.
• § 4067 — If the jurisdiction of the appeals board is invoked pursuant to Section 5803 upon the grounds that the effects of the injury have recurred, increased, diminished, or terminated, a formal medical evalu
• § 4067.5 — This article shall become operative for injuries occurring on and after January 1, 1991.
• § 4068 — (a) Upon determining that a treating physician’s report contains opinions that are the result of conjecture, are not supported by adequate evidence, or that indicate bias, the appeals board shall so n
• § 407 — Investments and the sale of stock or an interest in a business in connection with the securing of a position are illegal as against the public policy of the State and shall not be advertised or held o
• § 408 — Any person or agent or officer thereof, who violates any provision of this article, except the provisions of Section 405, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollar
• § 409 — All fines imposed and collected under this article shall be paid into the State treasury and credited to the general fund.
• § 410 — The Labor Commissioner shall enforce this article.
• § 4150 — When an employer has in his employment any person not included within the term “employee” as defined by Article 2 of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of this division or a person not entitled to compensation under
• § 4151 — Election on the part of the employer shall be made in one of the following ways: (a) By insuring against liability for compensation, in which case he is deemed, as to all persons employed by him and c
• § 4152 — The statement, when filed, shall operate, within the meaning of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3600), to subject him or her to the compensation provisions thereof for the term of one year from the
• § 4153 — Such statement of acceptance includes persons whose employment is both casual and not in the course of the trade, business, profession, or occupation of the employer, unless expressly excluded therefr
• § 4154 — Where any employer has made an election in either of the modes above prescribed, any person in his service is deemed to have accepted the compensation provisions of this division if, at the time of th
• § 4155 — The State and each county, city, district, and public agency thereof and all State institutions are conclusively presumed to have elected to come within the provisions of this division as to all emplo
• § 4156 — Liability for compensation does not attach to any employer of a person excluded by paragraph (8) of subdivision (a) of Section 3352 from the definition of “employee” for an injury to or the death of a
• § 4157 — Where any employer has made an election pursuant to this chapter to include under the compensation provisions of this division an independent contractor engaged in vending, selling, offering for sale,
• § 4201 — It is the intent of this chapter to apply to all enrollees in economic opportunity programs, including, but not limited to, work training or work study authorized by or financed in whole or in part th
• § 4202 — “Economic Opportunity Program” means any program adopted pursuant to Public Law 88-452, including, but not limited to, work training and work study.
• § 4203 — “Enrollee” means any person enrolled in an economic opportunity program.
• § 4204 — “Sponsoring agency” means any agency, entity, or institution, public or private, receiving grants or financial assistance, either directly or as a subcontractor, pursuant to Public Law 88-452.
• § 4205 — “Participating agency” means any agency, entity or institution, public or private, taking part in an economic opportunity program, other than a sponsoring agency.
• § 4206 — Except as provided in this chapter, an enrollee within a given economic opportunity program shall have no right to receive compensation from sponsoring or participating agencies, entities, and institu
• § 4207 — Compensation shall be furnished an enrollee for injury or to dependents if injury causes death, suffered within or without the state occurring in the course of his duties for a sponsoring agency withi
• § 4208 — Where the conditions of compensation exist, the right to recover such compensation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is the exclusive remedy for injury or death of an enrollee against the spo
• § 4209 — Insofar as not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, all of the provisions of this division shall pertain to enrollees and their dependents and the furnishing of compensation benefits ther
• § 4211 — Where liability for compensation exists, such compensation shall be provided as limited by this chapter.
• § 4212 — If an enrollee suffers injury or death in the performance of his duties under an economic opportunity program, then, irrespective of his remuneration from this or other employment, his average weekly
• § 4213 — If the injury sustained by an enrollee causes permanent disability, the percentage of disability to total disability shall be determined for the occupation of a laborer of like age by applying the sch
• § 4214 — In addition to death benefit in the event of fatal injury, the reasonable expenses of the enrollee’s burial shall be paid not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600).
• § 4226 — Should the United States government or any agent thereof, pursuant to federal statute, rule or regulations furnish benefits to enrollees or dependents of enrollees under an economic opportunity progra
• § 4227 — If the United States government or any agent thereof furnishes medical treatment to an injured enrollee, the enrollee will have no right to receive the same or similar treatment under this chapter.
• § 4228 — If the furnishing of medical treatment by the United States government or its agent takes the form of reimbursement of the enrollee, he shall have no right to receive the same or similar treatment und
• § 4229 — If the furnishing of compensation benefits to an enrollee or his dependents under this chapter prevents such enrollee or his dependents from receiving benefits under the provisions of federal statute,
• § 430 — As used in this article “applicant” means an applicant for employment.
• § 432 — If an employee or applicant signs any instrument relating to the obtaining or holding of employment, he shall be given a copy of the instrument upon request.
• § 432.2 — (a) No employer shall demand or require any applicant for employment or prospective employment or any employee to submit to or take a polygraph, lie detector or similar test or examination as a condit
• § 432.3 — (a) An employer shall not rely on the salary history information of an applicant for employment as a factor in determining whether to offer employment to an applicant or what salary to offer an applic
• § 432.5 — No employer, or agent, manager, superintendent, or officer thereof, shall require any employee or applicant for employment to agree, in writing, to any term or condition which is known by such employe
• § 432.6 — (a) A person shall not, as a condition of employment, continued employment, or the receipt of any employment-related benefit, require any applicant for employment or any employee to waive any right, f
• § 432.7 — (a) (1) An employer, whether a public agency or private individual or corporation, shall not ask an applicant for employment to disclose, through any written form or verbally, information concerning a
• § 432.8 — The limitations on employers and the penalties provided for in Section 432.
• § 433 — Any person violating this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 434 — The provisions of this article shall not apply to applications for employment filed with common carriers by railroad subject to the act of Congress known as the Railway Labor Act.
• § 435 — (a) No employer may cause an audio or video recording to be made of an employee in a restroom, locker room, or room designated by an employer for changing clothes, unless authorized by court order.
• § 4350 — The Office of Emergency Services shall administer this chapter as it relates to volunteer disaster service workers.
• § 4351 — Compensation provided by this division is the exclusive remedy of a disaster service worker, or his or her dependents, for injury or death arising out of, and in the course of, his or her activities a
• § 4352 — (a) No compensation shall be paid or furnished to a disaster service worker or a dependent of a disaster service worker pursuant to this division absent an initial appropriation of funds for the purpo
• § 4353 — If a disaster service worker suffers injury or death while in the performance of duties as a disaster service worker, then, irrespective of his or her remuneration from this or other employment or fro
• § 4354 — If the injury sustained by a disaster service worker causes permanent disability, the percentage of disability to total disability shall be determined as for the occupation of a laborer of like age by
• § 4355 — (a) Should the United States Government or any agent thereof, in accordance with any federal statute, rule, or regulation, furnish monetary assistance, benefits, or other temporary or permanent relief
• § 4401 — It is the declared policy of the state that qualified injured workers with asbestosis which arises out of and occurs in the course of employment shall receive workers’ compensation asbestos workers’ b
• § 4402 — (a) “Asbestosis” means any pathology, whether or not combined with preexisting pathology, which results in disability or need for medical treatment from inhalation of asbestos fibers.
• § 4403 — The Asbestos Workers’ Account is hereby created in the Uninsured Employers Fund in the State Treasury, and shall be administered by the Director of Industrial Relations.
• § 4404 — Insofar as not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, all of the provisions of this division shall pertain to asbestos workers and their dependents for purposes of furnishing workers’ compe
• § 4405 — Where the conditions of compensation exist under this division the right to recover workers’ compensation asbestos workers’ benefits pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is a temporary remedy fo
• § 4406 — (a) Payments as advances on workers’ compensation asbestos workers’ benefits shall be furnished an asbestos worker for injury resulting in asbestosis, or the dependents of the asbestos worker in the c
• § 4407 — When the account determines that the conditions in Section 4406 have occurred, payments as advances on workers’ compensation asbestos workers’ benefits shall be provided in accordance with this chapte
• § 4407.3 — For purposes of this chapter, the death benefit shall be paid in installments in the same manner and amounts as temporary disability indemnity.
• § 4407.5 — Benefits provided by this chapter shall not be commuted into a lump-sum payment.
• § 4408 — Prior to seeking compensation benefits under this chapter, the asbestos worker shall first make claim on the employer or its workers’ compensation insurance carrier for payment of compensation under t
• § 4409 — The Director of Industrial Relations, or his or her representative, shall assign investigative and claims adjustment services respecting matters concerning Asbestos Workers’ Account cases.
• § 4409.5 — The administrative director shall appoint workers’ compensation judges and support staff who shall give priority to the processing of the claims of asbestos workers.
• § 4410 — The administrative director shall appoint at least two information and assistance officers who shall give priority to assisting asbestos workers pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
• § 4411 — (a) When a claim is made against the Asbestos Workers’ Account, the account shall secure appropriate information, adjust the claim, and pay benefits provided by this chapter in accordance with the pro
• § 4412 — The Asbestos Workers’ Account shall take all reasonable and appropriate action to insure that recovery is made by the account for all moneys paid as compensation benefits and as costs.
• § 4413 — No limitation of time provided by this division shall run against the Asbestos Workers’ Account to initiate proceedings before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board when the account has made any pay
• § 4414 — Immediately following the receipt of knowledge of initiation of proceedings before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, or any other jurisdiction providing benefits for the same injury, the Asbest
• § 4415 — In any hearing or proceeding, the Director of Industrial Relations may use attorneys from within the department, or the Attorney General, to represent the director and the state.
• § 4416 — Once an agreement as to the responsible employer is reached, or a decision is issued by the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board and becomes final, the Asbestos Workers’ Account shall notify the respon
• § 4417 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude the filing by an asbestos worker of a claim or suit for damages or indemnity against any person other than his or her employer.
• § 4418 — The provisions of this chapter providing for the payment of workers’ compensation asbestos workers’ benefits from the Asbestos Workers’ Account shall be operative only until January 1, 1989, and as of
• § 4451 — Average annual earnings shall be taken as fifty-two times the average weekly earnings referred to in this chapter.
• § 4452 — Four times the average annual earnings shall be taken at not less than four thousand eight hundred dollars and sixty-four cents ($4,800.
• § 4452.5 — As used in this division: (a) “Permanent total disability” means a permanent disability with a rating of 100 percent permanent disability only.
• § 4453 — (a) In computing average annual earnings for the purposes of temporary disability indemnity and permanent total disability indemnity only, the average weekly earnings shall be taken at: (1) Not less t
• § 4453.5 — Benefits payable on account of an injury shall not be affected by a subsequent statutory change in amounts of indemnity payable under this division, and shall be continued as authorized, and in the am
• § 4454 — In determining average weekly earnings within the limits fixed in Section 4453, there shall be included overtime and the market value of board, lodging, fuel, and other advantages received by the inju
• § 4455 — If the injured employee is under 18 years of age, and his or her incapacity is permanent, his or her average weekly earnings shall be deemed, within the limits fixed in Section 4453, to be the weekly
• § 4456 — Where any employee is injured while engaged on any unemployment work relief program conducted by the State, or a political subdivision, or any State or governmental agency, the disability payments due
• § 4457 — In the event the average weekly earnings of workmen associating themselves under a partnership agreement, the principal purpose of which is the performance of labor on a particular piece of work, are
• § 4458 — If a member registered as an active firefighting member of any regularly organized volunteer fire department as described in Section 3361 suffers injury or death while in the performance of his duty a
• § 4458.2 — If an active peace officer of any department as described in Section 3362 suffers injury or death while in the performance of his or her duties as a peace officer, or if a person engaged in the perfor
• § 4458.5 — If a member suffers “an injury” following termination of active service, and within the time prescribed in Section 3212, 3212.
• § 4459 — The fact that an employee has suffered a previous disability, or received compensation therefor, does not preclude him from compensation for a later injury, or his dependents from compensation for dea
• § 450 — (a) No employer, or agent or officer thereof, or other person, may compel or coerce any employee, or applicant for employment, to patronize his or her employer, or any other person, in the purchase of
• § 451 — Any person, or agent or officer thereof, who violates this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 452 — Nothing in this article shall prohibit an employer from prescribing the weight, color, quality, texture, style, form and make of uniforms required to be worn by his employees.
• § 4550 — Where liability for compensation exists under this division, such compensation shall be furnished or paid by the employer and shall be as provided in this chapter.
• § 4551 — Where the injury is caused by the serious and willful misconduct of the injured employee, the compensation otherwise recoverable therefor shall be reduced one-half, except: (a) Where the injury result
• § 4552 — The reduction of compensation because of the serious and willful misconduct of an employee is not enforceable, valid, or binding in any respect until the appeals board has so determined by its finding
• § 4553 — The amount of compensation otherwise recoverable shall be increased one-half, together with costs and expenses not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250), where the employee is injured by reason o
• § 4553.1 — In order to support a holding of serious and willful misconduct by an employer based upon violation of a safety order, the appeals board must specifically find all of the following: (1) The specific m
• § 4554 — In case of the willful failure by an employer to secure the payment of compensation, the amount of compensation otherwise recoverable for injury or death as provided in this division shall be increase
• § 4555 — In case of failure by an employer to secure the payment of compensation, the appeals board may award a reasonable attorney’s fee in addition to the amount of compensation recoverable.
• § 4555.5 — Whenever a petition to reduce an award, based upon a permanent disability rating which has become final, is denied, the appeals board may order the petitioner to pay to the injured employee all costs
• § 4556 — The increases provided for by this article shall not be limited by the provisions of Chapter 1 of this part relating to maximum amounts in the computation of average earnings.
• § 4557 — Where the injury is to an employee under 16 years of age and illegally employed at the time of injury, the entire compensation otherwise recoverable shall be increased fifty percent (50%), and such ad
• § 4558 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Employer” means a named identifiable person who is, prior to the time of the employee’s injury or death, an owner or supervisor having managerial authority to direct
• § 4600 — (a) Medical, surgical, chiropractic, acupuncture, licensed clinical social worker, and hospital treatment, including nursing, medicines, medical and surgical supplies, crutches, and apparatuses, inclu
• § 4600.05 — (a) An employer, as defined in Section 3300, shall provide immediate support from a nurse case manager for employees injured by an act of domestic terrorism, as defined in Section 2331 of Title 18 of
• § 4600.1 — (a) Subject to subdivision (b), any person or entity that dispenses medicines and medical supplies, as required by Section 4600, shall dispense the generic drug equivalent.
• § 4600.2 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 4600, if a self-insured employer, group of self-insured employers, insurer of an employer, or group of insurers contracts with a pharmacy, group of pharmacies, or pharmacy
• § 4600.3 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 4600, when a self-insured employer, group of self-insured employers, or the insurer of an employer contracts with a health care organization certified pursuant to Secti
• § 4600.35 — Any entity seeking to reimburse health care providers for health care services rendered to injured workers on a capitated, or per person per month basis, shall be licensed pursuant to the Knox-Keene H
• § 4600.4 — (a) A workers’ compensation insurer, third-party administrator, or other entity that requires, or pursuant to regulation requires, a treating physician to obtain either utilization review or prior aut
• § 4600.5 — (a) Any health care service plan licensed pursuant to the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act, a disability insurer licensed by the Department of Insurance, or any entity, including, but not limit
• § 4600.6 — Any workers’ compensation insurer, third-party administrator, or other entity seeking certification as a health care organization under subdivision (e) of Section 4600.
• § 4600.7 — (a) The Workers’ Compensation Managed Care Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury for the administration of Sections 4600.
• § 4601 — (a) If the employee so requests, the employer shall tender the employee one change of physician.
• § 4602 — If the employee so requests, the employer shall procure certification by either the administrative director or the appeals board as the case may be of the competency, for the particular case, of the c
• § 4603 — If the employer desires a change of physicians or chiropractor, he may petition the administrative director who, upon a showing of good cause by the employer, may order the employer to provide a panel
• § 4603.2 — (a) (1) Upon selecting a physician pursuant to Section 4600, the employee or physician shall notify the employer of the name and address, including the name of the medical group, if applicable, of the
• § 4603.3 — (a) Upon payment, adjustment, or denial of a complete or incomplete itemization of medical services, an employer shall provide an explanation of review in the manner prescribed by the administrative d
• § 4603.4 — (a) The administrative director shall adopt rules and regulations to do all of the following: (1) Ensure that all health care providers and facilities submit medical bills for payment on standardized
• § 4603.5 — The administrative director shall adopt rules pertaining to the format and content of notices required by this article; define reasonable geographic areas for the purposes of Section 4600; specify tim
• § 4603.6 — (a) If the only dispute is the amount of payment and the provider has received a second review that did not resolve the dispute, the provider may request an independent bill review within 30 calendar
• § 4604 — Controversies between employer and employee arising under this chapter shall be determined by the appeals board, upon the request of either party, except as otherwise provided by Section 4610.
• § 4604.5 — (a) The recommended guidelines set forth in the medical treatment utilization schedule adopted by the administrative director pursuant to Section 5307.
• § 4605 — Nothing contained in this chapter shall limit the right of the employee to provide, at his or her own expense, a consulting physician or any attending physicians whom he or she desires.
• § 4606 — Any county, city and county, city, school district, or other public corporation within the state which was a self-insured employer under the “Workmen’s Compensation, Insurance and Safety Act,” enacted
• § 4607 — Where a party to a proceeding institutes proceedings to terminate an award made by the appeals board to an applicant for continuing medical treatment and is unsuccessful in such proceedings, the appea
• § 4608 — No workers’ compensation insurer, self-insured employer, or agent of an insurer or self-insured employer, shall refuse to pay pharmacy benefits solely because the claim form utilized is reproduced by
• § 4609 — (a) In order to prevent the improper selling, leasing, or transferring of a health care provider’s contract, it is the intent of the Legislature that every arrangement that results in any payor paying
• § 4610 — (a) For purposes of this section, “utilization review” means utilization review or utilization management functions that prospectively, retrospectively, or concurrently review and approve, modify, or
• § 4610.1 — An employee shall not be entitled to an increase in compensation under Section 5814 for unreasonable delay in the provision of medical treatment for periods of time necessary to complete the utilizati
• § 4610.3 — (a) Regardless of whether an employer has established a medical provider network pursuant to Section 4616 or entered into a contract with a health care organization pursuant to Section 4600.
• § 4610.5 — (a) This section applies to the following disputes: (1) Any dispute over a utilization review decision regarding treatment for an injury occurring on or after January 1, 2013.
• § 4610.6 — (a) Upon receipt of a case pursuant to Section 4610.
• § 4611 — (a) When a contracting agent sells, leases, or transfers a health provider’s contract to a payor, the rights and obligations of the provider shall be governed by the underlying contract between the he
• § 4614 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 5307.
• § 4614.1 — Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 1345 of the Health and Safety Code, a health care service plan licensed pursuant to the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act and certified by the administ
• § 4615 — (a) Upon the filing of criminal charges against a physician, practitioner, or provider for any crime described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 139.
• § 4616 — (a) (1) An insurer, employer, or entity that provides physician network services may establish or modify a medical provider network for the provision of medical treatment to injured employees.
• § 4616.1 — (a) An insurer, employer, or entity that provides physician network services that offers a medical provider network under this division and that uses economic profiling shall file with the administrat
• § 4616.2 — (a) A medical provider network shall file a written continuity of care policy with the administrative director.
• § 4616.3 — (a) If the injured employee notifies the employer of the injury or files a claim for workers’ compensation with the employer, the employer shall arrange an initial medical evaluation and begin treatme
• § 4616.4 — (a) (1) The administrative director shall contract with individual physicians, as described in paragraph (2), or an independent medical review organization to perform medical provider network (MPN) in
• § 4616.5 — (a) For purposes of this article, “employer” means a self-insured employer, joint powers authority, or the state.
• § 4616.6 — No additional examinations shall be ordered by the appeals board and no other reports shall be admissable to resolve any controversy arising out of this article.
• § 4616.7 — (a) A health care organization certified pursuant to Section 4600.
• § 4620 — (a) For purposes of this article, a medical-legal expense means any costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of any party, the administrative director, or the board, which expenses may include X-ra
• § 4621 — (a) In accordance with the rules of practice and procedure of the appeals board, the employee, or the dependents of a deceased employee, shall be reimbursed for his or her medical-legal expenses and r
• § 4622 — All medical-legal expenses for which the employer is liable shall, upon receipt by the employer of all reports and documents required by the administrative director incident to the services, be paid t
• § 4625 — (a) Effective for services provided on or after January 1, 2017, all bills for medical-legal evaluation or medical-legal expense shall be submitted to the employer within 12 months of the date of serv
• § 4626 — All charges for X-rays, laboratory services, and other diagnostic tests provided in connection with an industrial medical-legal evaluation shall be billed in accordance with the official medical fee s
• § 4627 — The board and the administrative director may promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to interpret this article and compel compliance with its provisions.
• § 4628 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), no person, other than the physician who signs the medical-legal report, except a nurse performing those functions routinely performed by a nurse, such as tak
• § 4650 — (a) If an injury causes temporary disability, the first payment of temporary disability indemnity shall be made not later than 14 days after knowledge of the injury and disability, on which date all i
• § 4650.5 — Notwithstanding Section 4650, in the case of state civil service employees, employees of the Regents of the University of California, and employees of the Board of Trustees of the California State Uni
• § 4651 — (a) A disability indemnity payment shall not be made by any written instrument unless it is immediately negotiable and payable in cash, on demand, without discount, at some established place of busine
• § 4651.1 — Where a petition is filed with the appeals board concerning a continuing award of such appeals board, in which it is alleged that the disability has decreased or terminated, there shall be a rebuttabl
• § 4651.2 — No petitions filed under Section 4651.
• § 4651.3 — Where a petition is filed with the appeals board pursuant to the provisions of Section 4651.
• § 4652 — Except as otherwise provided by Section 4650.
• § 4653 — If the injury causes temporary total disability, the disability payment is two-thirds of the average weekly earnings during the period of such disability, consideration being given to the ability of t
• § 4654 — If the injury causes temporary partial disability, the disability payment is two-thirds of the weekly loss in wages during the period of such disability.
• § 4655 — If the injury causes temporary disability which is at times total and at times partial, the weekly disability payment during the period of each total or partial disability is in accordance with sectio
• § 4656 — (a) Aggregate disability payments for a single injury occurring prior to January 1, 1979, causing temporary disability shall not extend for more than 240 compensable weeks within a period of five year
• § 4657 — In case of temporary partial disability the weekly loss in wages shall consist of the difference between the average weekly earnings of the injured employee and the weekly amount which the injured emp
• § 4658 — (a) For injuries occurring prior to January 1, 1992, if the injury causes permanent disability, the percentage of disability to total disability shall be determined, and the disability payment compute
• § 4658.1 — As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Regular work” means the employee’s usual occupation or the position in which the employee was engaged at the time of injury and that offe
• § 4658.5 — (a) This section shall apply to injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2004, and before January 1, 2013.
• § 4658.6 — The employer shall not be liable for the supplemental job displacement benefit pursuant to Section 4658.
• § 4658.7 — (a) This section shall apply to injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2013.
• § 4659 — (a) If the permanent disability is at least 70 percent, but less than 100 percent, 1.
• § 4660 — This section shall only apply to injuries occurring before January 1, 2013.
• § 4660.1 — This section applies to injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2013.
• § 4661 — Where an injury causes both temporary and permanent disability, the injured employee is entitled to compensation for any permanent disability sustained by him in addition to any payment received by su
• § 4661.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, when any temporary total disability indemnity payment is made two years or more from the date of injury, the amount of this payment shall be compu
• § 4662 — (a) Any of the following permanent disabilities shall be conclusively presumed to be total in character: (1) Loss of both eyes or the sight thereof.
• § 4663 — (a) Apportionment of permanent disability shall be based on causation.
• § 4664 — (a) The employer shall only be liable for the percentage of permanent disability directly caused by the injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment.
• § 4700 — The death of an injured employee does not affect the liability of the employer under Articles 2 (commencing with Section 4600) and 3 (commencing with Section 4650).
• § 4701 — If an injury causes death, either with or without disability, the employer shall be liable, in addition to any other benefits provided by this division, for all of the following: (a) Reasonable expens
• § 4702 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and Sections 4553, 4554, 4557, and 4558, and notwithstanding any amount of compensation paid or otherwise owing to the surviving dependent, personal re
• § 4703 — Subject to the provisions of Section 4704, this section shall determine the right to a death benefit.
• § 4703.5 — (a) In the case of one or more totally dependent children, as defined in Section 3501, after payment of the amount specified in Section 4702, and notwithstanding the maximum limitations specified in S
• § 4703.6 — The provisions of Section 4703.
• § 4704 — The appeals board may set apart or reassign the death benefit to any one or more of the dependents in accordance with their respective needs and in a just and equitable manner, and may order payment t
• § 4705 — The person to whom the death benefit is paid for the use of the several beneficiaries shall apply it in compliance with the findings and directions of the appeals board.
• § 4706 — (a) If a dependent beneficiary of any deceased employee dies and there is no surviving dependent, the payments of the death benefit accrued and payable at the time of the death of the sole remaining d
• § 4706.5 — (a) Whenever any fatal injury is suffered by an employee under circumstances that would entitle the employee to compensation benefits, but for his or her death, and the employee does not leave survivi
• § 4707 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no benefits, except reasonable expenses of burial not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), shall be awarded under this division on account of the death o
• § 4708 — Upon application of any party in interest for a death benefit provided by this division on the death of an employee member of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, the latter shall be joined as a d
• § 4709 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a dependent of a peace officer, as defined in Section 830.
• § 4720 — As used in this article: (a) “Elected public official” means any person other than the President or Vice President of the United States who holds any federal, state, local, or special district electiv
• § 4721 — The surviving spouse or dependent minor children of an elected public official who is killed by assassination shall be entitled to a special death benefit which shall be in addition to any other benef
• § 4722 — If the deceased elected public official is survived by a spouse with or without dependent minor children, such special death benefit shall be payable to the surviving spouse.
• § 4723 — The person or persons to whom the special death benefit is payable pursuant to Section 4722 shall, within one year of the date of death of the elected public official, choose either of the following b
• § 4724 — The person or persons to whom the special death benefit is payable pursuant to Section 4722 shall file a claim therefor with the Department of General Services, which shall be processed pursuant to th
• § 4725 — The State Compensation Insurance Fund shall be the disbursing agent for payments made pursuant to this article and shall receive a fee for its services to be negotiated by the Department of General Se