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California Workers' Compensation Handbook, Twenty-Seventh Edition
Stanford D. Herlick
Regular Price: $119.00
Publisher: Matthew Bender
Format: 1 volume, softbound
ISBN: 9781422420973
  ©2007

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Description

An abridged version of California Workers Compensation Law, the California Workers’ Compensation Handbook is an ideal resource for employers, insurance professionals, and others involved with workers' compensation issues.

The Twenty-Seventh Edition of this handy volume includes coverage of SB 899 reform legislation as well as detailed examples for figuring out permanent disability under the AMA Guides and the 2005 rating schedule. It also features in-margin references to the appropriate statutory law and regulations, as well as text references to selected appellate court and Workers Compensation Appeals Board decisions, ensuring quick answers to workers' compensation questions. A discussion of EAMS (electronic adjudication management system) has also been added.

Also used as a teaching manual, this popular handbook covers the operation and interpretation of the law and policies of the California Workers' Compensation Program in a concise, easy-to-follow format. Herlick's California Workers' Compensation Handbook, 27th Edition, is a practical guide to a complex area of law.

Table of contents

Preface
Introduction
Ch. 1 Special Alert
Ch. 1 The California Plan
Ch. 2 Compensation Coverage--Employment
Ch. 3 Insurance and Self-Insurance
Ch. 4 Medical Treatment
Ch. 5 Compensation Payments
Ch. 6 Special Alert
Ch. 6 Permanent Disability
Ch. 7 Death Benefits
Ch. 8 The Injury
Ch. 9 Penalties
Ch. 10 Liens
Ch. 11 Settlements--Compromise and Release
Ch. 12 Damage Suits--Subrogation
Ch. 13 Jurisdiction
Ch. 14 Procedure
Ch. 15 Appeals
Ch. 16 Special Alert
Ch. 16 Vocational Rehabilitation
Appendix
Table for Computing Compensation Benefits
Table A: Minimum and maximum earnings and compensation rates on or after April 1, 1974
Table B: For computation of compensation rates for injuries occurring on or after April 1, 1974
Table C: Minimum and maximum rates since September 22, 1951, to and including March 31, 1974
Table D: For computing "statutory earnings" for injuries through March 31, 1974
Table E: Permanent disability compensation rates for minors
Table F: Death benefits before 1983
Index
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