🚫❓ 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦?⁣ 💼🤕⁣

🔹 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐟𝐟: A workers' comp claim is 𝐍𝐎𝐓 a lawsuit against your employer - in fact, it's not a lawsuit 𝐀𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐋. It's just a claim for benefits through an insurance policy your employer is required to have to help you when you've been injured on the job - 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐭. Nothing happens to your employer when you file a workers' comp claim.

🌟⁣⁣🔹 𝟏𝟑𝟐𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦: If your employer gives you a hard time for filing or even witnessing a claim, you have the option to file a claim against them through Labor Code 132a, which makes it 𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐋 for an employer to 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 or 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 against, or 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 an employee who's filed a workers' comp claim after an injury. Remedies here can include job reinstatement, back pay, and penalties against your employer. 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰. 🚨⁣⁣

🔹 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 & 𝐅𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Aside from LC 132a, laws like California's 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐜𝐭 (𝐅𝐄𝐇𝐀) and Federal 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭 (𝐀𝐃𝐀) offer more protections. FEHA can protect you from discrimination and harassment, with remedies like economic damages and even punitive damages. ADA ensures you're not discriminated against due to a disability and could mean accommodations or job reinstatement. 🛡️

⁣⁣🔵 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲: Don't be scared to report an injury and ask for workers' comp benefits you're legally entitled to when injured on the job. You rent your time, body and mind to help your employer generate profits - getting medical treatment and benefits when injuring yourself during that process is a legal and human right.🤝⁣⁣#KnowYourRights #EmployeeRights #California #WorkersComp #132a #Protections 🎥💡