Alex Swedlow
Learn the process by which parties may approve decisions made by the Workers’ Compensation judge.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Learn about the various sources that receive payment during the workers’ compensation claims process.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Who can represent the parties to a workers’ compensation claim before the appeals board and learn when arbitration and alternative dispute resolutions are used in a workers’ compensation setting.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Under what circumstances are additional penalties imposed for non-payment or late payment of benefits.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
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7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
What are the time limitations involved with filing a workers’ compensation claim? When is an employee barred from bringing the claim.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
What are the boundaries of the WCAB’s jurisdiction? When does it intersect with other jurisdictions such as civil, state, federal?
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
What are the requirements for insurance or self-insurance in the workers’ compensation system? What are the potential penalties for an employer who is not insured and when is a person considered an “employee” for the purposes of workers’ compensation.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Learn how cases before the courts are resolved either by settlements or award after trial.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Learn how trials are conducted and evidence presented before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
There are many types of conferences used in the workers’ compensation court. Learn what they are and when they are used.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
What is the process required to bring a case file to the workers’ compensation claims court and what are the documents that must be filed.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Learn the process by which medical evidence is gathered to prove or disprove a contested claim.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Learn the process by which evidence is uncovered within the workers’ compensation system.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
What steps must an employer take when they receive a medical treatment or medical legal bill, and what is the process by which they are paid.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Who controls the administration of medical treatment in workers’ compensation? When does the employee get to decide which services or doctor to engage?
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Learn the process an employer must go utilize when a request for treatment is made.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Learn how permanent disability is rated and how it’s paid. Also covered is the supplemental job displacement benefit, a voucher that becomes available only when an injured worker is unable to return to long-term employment following a work related injury.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
What constitutes a temporary disability? When and how must it be paid.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Learn the conditions under which permanent disability payment might be reduced when factors external to the injured workers’ employment contribute to the injury.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Learn what benefits are payable when a worker dies from a work-related injury, and how they must be paid.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
What constitutes a “permanent” disability and when must payments be made.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Learn what type of medical treatment must be provided under workers’ comp and when the treatment must be provided.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
Through case law, the courts have determined key issues that determine compensability. The legal standard for making this determination is known as AOE/COE. Lesson 3 explores this legal doctrine.
7 Modules, 1 Video, 8.5 MCLE
Not every injury is covered under workers’ compensation, even when the injury occurs at work. This lesson reviews the situations that render an injury non-compensable.Â
7 Modules, 1 Video, 8.5 MCLE
What constitutes an injury in workers’ compensation and when are these injuries deemed compensable.
7 Modules, 1 video, 8.5 MCLE
