Workers Compensation Laws
Obligation
to Inform Employees
Employers
must post, in a conspicuous place, a notice about the workers'
compensation carrier and who within the company is responsible for
handling workers' compensation claims.
Failure to post this notice may be considered evidence of
non-insurance. The notice must also include advice about the
injured employee's right to receive medical care, to select or
change the treating physician, and to receive temporary disability
indemnity, permanent disability indemnity, vocational
rehabilitation services and death benefits as appropriate. LC §3550
Failure
to post this notice will automatically permit the employee to be
treated by his/her own physician for an injury occurring during
the period in which the notice was not posted. LC §3550 (g)
Every employer subject to workers' compensation must give each new
employee a written notice of the above information either at the
time the employee is hired or by the end of the first pay period.
LC §3551
If
the employee makes the request, an employer must provide him/her
with an appropriate form on which to indicate the name of the
employee's personal physician. LC §3552
If the employer does not offer two or more certified health care
organizations (BCG) for treatment of occupational injuries, the
employer must furnish each employee, upon request, with a form
allowing him/her to designate a personal physician prior to the
date of injury.
If
two or more certified care organizations are offered, that form
must be furnished at the time of employment and at least annually
thereafter, allowing the employee to designate the BCG or a
personal physician.
Any
such designated physician must be a licensed physician who has
previously treated the employee and maintains that employee's
medical history. The employer should retain the completed
designation forms and a copy forwarded to the employer's
compensation insurance carrier.
LC §4600.3
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