Law Offices of Edward J. Singer

LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD J. SINGER
A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION

BEVERLY HILLS- DOWNEY-VENICE BEACH

Representing Injured Workers in the Practice
of Workers' Compensation in Southern California

Also, if you need an attorney for an Immigration, Personal Injury Claim, a Wrongful Termination Claim, an ADA claim, a DFEH claim, a Long Term Disability Claim, a Social Security Claim or a Public Pension Claim, please contact our offices.

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Notice
“Making a false or fraudulent workers’ compensation claim is a felony subject to up to 5 years in prison or a fine up to $50,000 or double the value of the fraud, whichever is greater, or by both imprisonment and fine.”

Workers’ Compensation, Workers Compensation or Worker Compensation Workers’ Comp, Workmans’ Comp, Workmens’ Compensation. The system provides compensation benefits for industrial injury, injuries, illnesses. They are also called workplace accidents or injuries; or occupational injury, injuries, or illnesses.

The system prevents employer from discrimination or discriminating against the injured workers. This includes Labor Code Section 132a or 132(a).

In California, Workers’ Compensation is administered through the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board or WCAB or W.C.A.B and is guided by the Labor Code and attorney or attorneys, lawyer or lawyers are allowed to represent disabled workers.

Unions: AFL-CIO, SEIU International, AFSCME, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, CSEA, IATSE, IBEW, Teamsters, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, UAW, United Auto Workers, CWA, Communications Workers of America, Sheet Workers International Association, UFCW, United Food and Commercial Workers, UTU, United Transportation Union International

Major unions involved with workers’ compensation are Communication Workers’ of America, C.W.A., CWA (Locals 9000, 9400, 9505, 9510, 9586 ) ; United Transportation Union, U.T.U., UTU, Teamsters, Service Employees International Union, S.E.I.U., SEIU (Locals 399, 347, 660); American Federation of State County Municipal Employees (?????) A.F.S.C.M.E., AFSCME, ; CSEA ; United Auto Workers, U.A.W., UAW; Amalgamated Transportation Union; (A.T.U., ATU)

Major employees Pacific Bell, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, L.A.C.M.T.A., LACMTA, Foothill Transit, Laidlaw GTE, Lucent, Hughes, City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, Kaiser, S.C.P.M.G. , Police, Boeing, Fire and Safety, County of Ventura. Types of injuries are Achilles Tendon, Amputations, Arthritis, Asthma, Back: Sprains, Disk Bulges and Herniations, Blood Pressure, Burns, Cancer, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cardiovascular accident (CVA), Cervical Spine: Sprains, Disk Bulges and Herniations, Chemical Burns, Colitis, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Cubital Tunnel Syndrome, De Quervain’s, Dermatitis, Depression, Diabetes, Epicondylitis, Fibromyalgia, Gastrointestinal Reflux, Hearing Loss, Heart Disease, Hemorrhoids, Hernia, Hepatitis, HIV, Hypertension, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Jaw- TMJ, Kidneys, Knees, Liver, Lupus, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Myasthenia Gravis, Neck, Overuse Syndrome, Post-Traumatic Head Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychiatric, Quadriplegia, Rotator Cuff, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Shoulder, Stroke Synovitis, Temporal Mandibular Joint (TMJ), Tendontis, Tennis Elbow, Tinnitis, Trigger Finger, Tuberculosis, Ulcer, Ulcerative Colitis, Vertigo, and Wrists.