Questions the file keeps asking.

It is the California workers compensation claim form that an employee completes and returns to the employer.

DWC says to report an injury to the employer as soon as possible; Labor Code §5400 is the statutory notice anchor.

Labor Code §5401 addresses the duty to provide or mail the form within one working day after learning of the injury or illness.

It is a benefit track for qualifying wage loss during recovery, based on medical work status and statutory rules.

It describes lasting disability from the work injury that affects earning capacity; a rating uses medical findings and the applicable schedule.

A qualified medical evaluator is a DWC-certified physician who evaluates disputed medical-legal issues.

An agreed medical evaluator is selected by agreement in the circumstances allowed by the process.

It is the process used to review a treatment request for medical necessity.

Independent medical review is an official route for eligible disputes about treatment decisions after utilization review.

The Workers Compensation Appeals Board adjudicates disputed workers compensation matters.

It is the California workers compensation anti-discrimination provision described in DWC guidance and the Labor Code.

The supplemental job displacement benefit is a non-transferable voucher for qualifying retraining or skill enhancement.