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BENEFITS & PROCESS
What the Labor Code provides, and how a claim moves
The claim, start to finish
Every deadline, in order
Denied claims
What a denial does and does not mean
Temporary disability
Two-thirds of your wage, while you cannot work
Permanent disability
Ratings, weeks, and the life pension
Medical treatment
Your doctors, utilization review, the MPN
Settlements
C&R or Stipulations, and the five years
All benefits & process
INJURIES
What your injury may mean for your claim
Low back
Ratings, surgery, return to work
Shoulder
Rotator cuff and overhead work
Knee
Meniscus, ligaments, kneeling trades
Traumatic brain injury
Concussion through catastrophic
Carpal tunnel & RSI
Cumulative trauma, and when it counts
Catastrophic injuries
240 weeks, life care, life pension
All injuries
YOUR JOB
The injuries your industry sees most
Construction
Falls, heights, third-party claims
Warehouse & logistics
Lifting, forklifts, repetitive strain
Healthcare
Patient handling, needlesticks
Restaurants & food service
Burns, slips, cumulative trauma
Janitorial
Chemicals and repetitive motion
Agriculture
Heat, machinery, pesticides
Every industry
FREE TOOLS
Calculators and guides, nothing to sign up for
Weekly benefits
What you may be owed each week
Permanent disability
Rating to weeks to dollars
Average weekly wage
The number every benefit multiplies from
Medical mileage
76¢ a mile from July 1, 2026
Deadlines
Every clock from your date of injury
Case value
A range, with the statutes
C&R or Stipulations?
Two structures, compared
Should you call a lawyer?
An honest two-minute triage
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LOS ANGELES · SINCE 1965
A work injury can touch everything at once — your health, your paycheck, your job, your family.
You do not have to figure it out alone. This site explains what California workers’ compensation may owe you, in plain English, with the law behind every number. No fee unless we recover, and you are not responsible for costs we advance if there is no recovery.
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STEP 1 OF 3
Not sure where to start? That is okay. Three short steps — no charge, nothing you send commits you to anything, and a person listens first.
Which of these is closest?
It just happened, or I haven’t filed yet
My claim was denied, or is delayed
My checks stopped, or are late
Treatment was denied or cut short
A QME, a rating, or a settlement offer is coming
I was fired, or I have restrictions and no work
My case is settled and I got worse
Something else, or not sure
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We publish everything we know.
1,020 pages · 34 free tools · 35 original diagrams · 3 languages
60
Years in Los Angeles
1,020
Pages published, free
3
English, Spanish, Korean
$ 0
Up front
START READING
01 — FOUR DOORS IN
Choose the sentence that sounds most like what you are facing. Each one opens the page written for exactly that moment — what it may mean, and what next step may matter.
Something just happened.
6 pages
The first days set every clock that follows. You do not need to have done everything right so far — start with what happened.
The first 72 hours
My employer says I can’t file
I didn’t report it right away
I’m undocumented
I got hurt on my way to work
My employer has no insurance
They stopped something.
6 pages
A denial, a delay, or a missing check is a decision someone made — and most of them can be questioned.
My claim was denied
My claim is delayed
My check stopped
They denied my MRI
They approved part of my treatment
My payments are late
Something is about to be decided.
5 pages
A QME, a rating, or an offer is where the money in a case is actually set. It is worth understanding before you sign.
I got a QME appointment
My doctor says I’m permanent and stationary
They offered me a settlement
Is my rating right?
I have work restrictions
Something is wrong with my employer, or my case.
5 pages
Retaliation, a settled case that got worse, or a lawyer who has gone quiet — these have answers too.
I was fired after my injury
My case is settled and I got worse
It built up over years, not one accident
Do I need a lawyer?
I already have a lawyer
Not seeing yours?
Tell us what happened
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02 — THE LABOR CODE, PLAINLY
Every benefit depends on the facts of your claim. These are the categories the Labor Code provides.
$10,000
WHILE THE CLAIM IS INVESTIGATED
All treatment reasonably required to cure or relieve the injury, with no co-pay. Including up to $10,000 while the claim is still being investigated, and the interpreter, mileage, and second-opinion rights that go unclaimed because no one explains them.
2/3
OF YOUR AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE
Two-thirds of your average weekly wage while you cannot work, within the § 4453 floor and cap for your date of injury — $264.61 to $1,764.11 a week for 2026 injuries. Capped at 104 weeks, or 240 for nine listed conditions.
70%+
RATING TRIGGERS A LIFE PENSION
A rating that converts to weeks, paid at a rate that has not moved since 2014. At 70% and above, a life pension follows. The rating is a string of numbers — and it is checkable.
$6,000
PLUS A $5,000 SUPPLEMENT
$6,000 for retraining if you are not offered work within your restrictions, plus the $5,000 return-to-work supplement — a separate application — yours to start, and easy to miss.
76¢
PER MILE FROM JULY 1, 2026
Every mile to treatment, therapy, the pharmacy, and medical-legal exams — at the rate in effect on the date you traveled, not your date of injury. 76¢ a mile from July 1, 2026.
Dependency
SIZED BY NEED, NOT FAULT
Paid to the people who depended on the person who died — sized by that dependency, not by fault. And payments to totally dependent minor children do not stop at the maximum.
For life
ABOUT 1.5% PER POINT ABOVE 60
At a rating of 70% or higher, the law pays about 1.5% of earnings for each point above 60 — per week, for life — after the permanent disability weeks run out. Most people are never told it exists.
5 years
FROM THE DATE OF INJURY TO REOPEN
Two structures, and they treat your future medical care in opposite ways. A judge must approve either. Which is right turns on the § 5410 five years — and they run from the date of injury, not the award.
Not sure which of these apply to you? That is the normal starting point. One conversation usually sorts it.
Ask about your claim
03 — THE PROCESS, START TO FINISH
Every statutory deadline, in sequence — and the three moments where cases quietly die.
The clocks a claim starts
Six deadlines running from the date of injury. The five-year reopening window and the one-year filing deadline are the two most often miscounted. Spacing is not to scale.
Hurt on a date?
Three of these six clocks run from the day you were hurt. Enter it and they become dates. Nothing you type is stored or sent.
Day 1
Employer must give you a DWC-1
FROM THE DAY YOU REPORT
30 days
Report the injury
FROM THE INJURY
90 days
Presumed compensable
FROM THE CLAIM FORM
1 year
File the claim
FROM THE INJURY
OFTEN MISCOUNTED
104 weeks
Temporary disability cap
FROM THE FIRST PAYMENT
5 years
Reopen
FROM THE INJURY
OFTEN MISCOUNTED
1
A single event, or a condition that built up over years — cumulative trauma counts, and the law sets its legal date. What counts.
I am at this stage — ask about it
2
30-DAY DEADLINE
Written notice to your employer within 30 days. A text or email with a date is enough. If you didn’t report right away.
I am at this stage — ask about it
3
STARTS EVERY CLOCK
Your employer must hand it to you within one working day. Filing it starts every clock in your favor. The form, and what it starts.
I am at this stage — ask about it
4
Up to $10,000 of treatment must be authorized within one working day of the claim form — while the claim is investigated. How medical treatment works.
I am at this stage — ask about it
5
90-DAY DEADLINE
Accept, deny, or delay — 90 days, or the claim is presumed compensable; 75 for public-safety presumptions. If it is denied.
I am at this stage — ask about it
6
Temporary disability at two-thirds of your wage, medical care through the MPN, mileage as you go. What you are owed.
I am at this stage — ask about it
7
Utilization review and IMR for treatment; the QME process for the medical questions the parties cannot agree on. The QME process.
I am at this stage — ask about it
8
The doctor declares maximum medical improvement, and the rating string that decides your money is written. Decode yours.
I am at this stage — ask about it
9
JUDGE MUST APPROVE
Stipulations or a Compromise & Release, approved by a judge — or a hearing at one of thirteen Southern California district offices. Settlements. Hearings.
I am at this stage — ask about it
10
5-YEAR WINDOW
Five years from the date of injury to reopen if you get worse — and the life pension, if the rating reached 70%. Already settled.
I am at this stage — ask about it
WHERE YOU ARE READING
STAGE 1 OF 10
The injury.
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The claim process, every deadline in one table
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04 — CALCULATORS & GUIDES
Every number carries its Labor Code section, and every tool tells you when your input is probably wrong — which is the part that changes outcomes. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
TRY ONE RIGHT NOW — LIVE
Two-thirds of your average weekly wage, within the § 4453 floor and cap for 2026 injuries. Drag your weekly wage.
$300/wk
$3,200/wk
Minimum wage, full time
$1,200
$2,000
Above the cap
IF YOUR AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE IS
$1,200
YOUR TD RATE IS ABOUT
$800 / week
TWO-THIRDS OF YOUR WAGE
Floor $264.61 · Cap $1,764.11 · § 4453. An estimate, not legal advice — the full calculator checks your inputs.
Checks coming in lower than this? That is worth a conversation
CALCULATOR
Temporary disability, permanent disability, the life pension, mileage, and the penalties for paying you late — with the statute beside every number.
Temporary disability
two-thirds of your wage
Permanent disability
up to $290 a week
Late payment
+10%, automatically
2-MINUTE TRIAGE
Eight factual questions and an honest sort into three routes — including the one where the free state I&A officer can probably handle it.
8 QUESTIONS · 3 ROUTES
1
Start with the free state I&A officer
2
Worth a free consultation
3
Call today — a clock is probably running
DECODER
Paste 15.03.01.00 – 8 – [1.4]11 – 340G – 13 – 15 and we explain all six parts, check the arithmetic, and convert it to dollars. We built it because we could not find it published anywhere else.
15.03.01.00
impairment
8
WPI
[1.4]11
modifier
340G
occupation
13
after occ.
15
final %
CALCULATOR
Your date of injury in, every clock that applies to you out — sorted by urgency, including the two miscounted most often.
30 days
report
90 days
decision
1 year
file
5 years
reopen
CALCULATOR
Every benefit multiplies out of this one number, and the law gives four ways to compute it. The carrier picked one.
1
Full-time
2
Two or more employers
3
Irregular pay
4
Earning capacity
CALCULATOR
Your final percentage becomes weeks, each week pays a rate capped at $290 since 2014, and the tool says when the rating itself looks wrong.
Rating %
Weeks
Dollars
up to $290 a week
All of the free tools
05 — WORTH KNOWING BEFORE YOU SIGN ANYTHING
§ 5402(c)
Your employer must authorize within one working day of your claim form, and keep providing it until the claim is accepted or rejected. More.
§ 4650(d)
Added to any late indemnity payment, “without application.” You do not have to ask. It is routinely not added. More.
§ 4656(c)(3)
Of temporary disability for nine listed conditions. 136 extra weeks. Up to about $240,000. More.
§ 4553
Where the employer knew about the danger. Twelve-month deadline. More.
Third party
Workers’ compensation pays nothing for pain and suffering. A case against anyone other than your employer does, and it is frequently the larger of the two. More.
Honest triage
The state’s Information & Assistance officers are free, and our triage sorts honestly — including the route where you handle it yourself. More.
If any of these sound like your claim, it may be worth asking questions.
Tell us what happened
06 — REPRESENTATIVE RESULTS
Four representative recoveries, as published by the firm. Every case is decided on its own facts and law. Nothing here predicts what will happen in yours.
$50,000,000+
RECOVERED FOR INJURED WORKERS · SINCE 1965
Sixty years of representing the injured Californian. The four representative results below are as published by the firm. Every case is decided on its own facts, and past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
CATASTROPHIC
$3,500,000
Our client fell from a height on a Southern California residential roofing project and lived through a traumatic brain injury and a full year of inpatient rehabilitation.
LIFETIME CARE
$1,800,000
Our client’s industrial injuries left them needing twelve hours a day of in-home care, for life.
SURGICAL
$850,000
Our client developed failed back syndrome and went through two unsuccessful upper-extremity surgeries.
SURGICAL
$725,000
Our client’s back surgery resulted in an incisional hernia and progressive deterioration.
Required disclosure — Business and Professions Code § 6158.3. The result portrayed in this advertisement was dependent on the facts of that case, and the results will differ if based on different facts.
Every case starts the same way: tell us what happened — free, no obligation — or call (213) 380-9310.
All five results, with the facts that produced them
07 — SINCE 1965
Law Offices of Solov & Teitell, APC. Lessing Solov came home from the U.S. Army, took his law degree at Hastings, and opened this firm in 1965. Sixty years later it is still built for the same person — the injured Californian — in English, Spanish and Korean, with home and hospital visits when you cannot come to us.
Who calls you back. A person from this office — the same people who will handle your case — not a call center or a referral service.
Meet the attorneys
About the firm
How we research this site
FOUNDER
ADMITTED 1959
Admitted to the California State Bar in 1959. Came home from the U.S. Army, took his law degree at Hastings, and opened this firm in 1965 — for the injured Californian, and no one else.
UCLA
U.S. Army
Hastings College of the Law
Founded the firm, 1965
PARTNER & TRIAL ATTORNEY
ADMITTED 1996
Partner and trial attorney. USC, then a J.D. in 1996. The lawyer who tries the cases that do not settle — and who reads the file before the first call back.
USC
J.D., 1996
Super Lawyers, 2026
08 — FROM THE HARBOR TO THE HIGH DESERT
We keep one office, on Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles, and we represent injured workers across four counties. Each of them puts a different kind of wear on the people who work there — and the state, not us, decides which of its courtrooms hears your case, assigning it by ZIP code. We appear there for you. If you cannot come to us, we come to you, at home or in the hospital.
PACIFIC OCEAN
LOS ANGELES
ORANGE
Santa Ana
RIVERSIDE
SAN BERNARDINO
OUR ONLY OFFICE
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OUR ONLY OFFICE
COUNTY WE SERVE
STATE COURT WE APPEAR AT
STYLIZED — VENUE FOLLOWS YOUR ZIP
OUR ONLY OFFICE
COUNTY WE SERVE
STATE COURT WE APPEAR AT
STYLIZED — VENUE FOLLOWS YOUR ZIP
THE ONLY SOLOV & TEITELL OFFICE
1625 W. Olympic Blvd, Suite 802 · Los Angeles, CA 90015
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Our home county, and the one we know street by street. Garment workers in the Fashion District, hotel housekeepers downtown, warehouse crews in Vernon and out at the harbor, restaurant staff on their feet ten hours a night, janitors on graveyard shifts in towers they will never see in daylight. It is the busiest workers’ compensation venue in California, and the hardest one to be alone in.
Theme-park and hotel workers in Anaheim, hospital and clinic staff across the county, framers and finish crews on tracts that never stop going up. The injuries here are lifting, overhead reaching, and the slow kind that build over years — and Orange County workers are among the least likely in the state to file for them.
The Inland Empire’s distribution floor. Pick rates that do not care how your back feels, pallet jacks, dock plates, and mile-long aisles walked in ten-hour shifts. Lifting injuries and cumulative trauma here are not accidents — they are the job, done as instructed, for long enough.
Drivers, yard hostlers, and dock crews from Ontario out to Barstow and Victorville, plus manufacturing floors and the heat that comes with both. Long hauls, tight turnarounds, and machinery that was guarded correctly right up until it was not.
Which state courtroom hears your case — with the parking, transit, and security for each
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