{"id":1704,"date":"2019-04-26T21:34:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T21:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/26\/are-temporary-workers-eligible-for-workers-compensation\/"},"modified":"2019-04-26T21:34:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T21:34:25","slug":"are-temporary-workers-eligible-for-workers-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law888.com\/?p=1704","title":{"rendered":"Are Temporary Workers Eligible for Workers&#8217; Compensation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Temporary workers form a significant chunk of the labor market, with estimates around 10 percent of the workforce being hired on a temporary basis.\u00a0 Temp workers typically have fewer employment protections in the workplace, but they still have the right to a safe work environment.\u00a0 As such, temporary workers in California are typically provided workers&#8217; compensation benefits in the event of a workplace injury.\u00a0 They are also protected from illegal actions such as retaliation for filing a claim.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2014, then California Governor Jerry Brown signed <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AB-1897<\/a>, a law addressing client liability in labor contracting, adding certain protections for temporary workers.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This bill would require a client employer to share with a labor contractor all civil legal responsibility and civil liability for all workers supplied by that labor contractor for the payment of wages and the failure to obtain valid workers\u2019 compensation coverage. The bill would prohibit a client employer from shifting to the labor contractor legal duties or liabilities under workplace safety provisions with respect to workers provided by the labor contractor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>By law, temporary workers in California are supposed to be covered by workers&#8217; compensation insurance provided by their temp agency.\u00a0 If the temp agency does not carry workers&#8217; comp coverage, the company utilizing temporary workers can be fined.\u00a0 There are, however, some exemptions.\u00a0 Homeowners, businesses with fewer than 25 workers, or businesses who use five or fewer temporary workers are not subject to punishment under AB-1897.\u00a0 In the unlikely event that a small business utilizes an disreputable temp agency, temporary workers may find themselves unprotected.<\/p>\n<p>The best way for any injured worker to protect their rights is to contact an <a href=\"https:\/\/law888.com\/workers-compensation-attorney\/\">experienced workers&#8217; compensation attorney<\/a>.\u00a0 If you are a temporary worker injured while on assignment, the Law Offices of Scott Warmuth can help you pursue a workers&#8217; compensation claim.\u00a0 Call us today at <strong>888-517-9888<\/strong> to receive a free consultation.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Temporary workers form a significant chunk of the labor market, with estimates around 10 percent of the workforce being hired on a temporary basis.\u00a0 They are also protected from illegal actions such as retaliation for filing a claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workers-compensation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}