CaliforniaNotices
Workers’ compensation notices in California
The claims administrator has to send you a written notice at each step of your claim. Each one carries a rule behind it and often a deadline that runs against you. Find the letter you received.
- Notices
- 17
- The deadline this notice puts on you
- 10
Claim accepted, delayed or denied2
- Delay of Workers' Compensation BenefitsFirst: Within 14 days of the date of knowledge of injury. • Subsequent: Not later than the determination date specified in the previous notice.The deadline this notice puts on you
- Denial of Workers' Compensation BenefitsNo later than 14 days after the determination to deny was made.The deadline this notice puts on you
Temporary disability3
- Temporary Disability / Salary Continuation DelayFirst: Within 14 days of the date of knowledge of injury and disability. • Subsequent: Not later than the determination date specified in the previous delay notice.The deadline this notice puts on you
- Temporary Disability / Salary Continuation DenialWithin 14 days after the determination to deny is made.The deadline this notice puts on you
- Temporary Disability / Salary Continuation Start / ResumeNo later than the 14th day after the employer's date of knowledge of injury and disability as defined by §9811(c).The deadline this notice puts on you
Permanent disability4
- Permanent Disability AdviceAt the same time as the last payment of TD, or within 14 days after knowledge that the employee’s injury has resulted in PD.The deadline this notice puts on you
- Permanent Disability DenialTogether with the last payment of temporary disability indemnity or • Within 14 days of knowledge that the injury is permanent and stationary or has caused no permanent disability.The deadline this notice puts on you
- Permanent Disability MonitorFirst: Together with the last payment of temporary disability indemnity (TD). If there is no TD, there is no regulation requiring a PD monitoring notice. • Subsequent: Not later than the determination date specified in the previous notice.The deadline this notice puts on you
- Permanent Disability Start / ResumeAt the same time as the first payment or first resumed payment of PD.
Payment changes3
- Change in Rate, Amount, or Payment ScheduleThe notice should issue prior to or on the date of the new payment and no later than the date the last payment was due in the previous schedule.
- Resumed Benefit PaymentWithin 14 days after the employer's date of knowledge of the entitlement to additional benefits.
- Termination of Benefit PaymentTogether with the last payment. When the decision to end payments is made after the last scheduled payment, the notice is due no later than 14 days after that payment. §9810(d) requires all notices to refer the employee (by chapter number and url) to the appropriate chapter of the publication “Workers’ Compensation in California: A Guidebook for Injured Workers” that addresses the benefit(s) to which the notice pertains, and to advise the employee that a complete copy of the Guidebook may be obtained on the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s website at http://www.dir.ca.gov/InjuredWorkerGuidebook/InjuredWorkerGuidebook.html or by contacting an Information and Assistance (I&A) Officer of the Division of Workers’ Compensation.The deadline this notice puts on you
Medical evaluation1
Death benefits for dependants4
- Dependency Payment Change or EndFor change to rate, amount or schedule: before or with the changed payment, but not later than 14 days after the last payment made before the change. • For payment ending: with the last payment or, if the decision to end benefits was made after the date of the last payment, within 14 days of the payment.
- Dependency Payment DelayFirst: Within 14 days after the claims administrator's date of knowledge of the death, the identity and address of the affected dependent, and the nature of the benefit claimed or which might be due. • Subsequent: On or before the determination date on the previous delay notice.
- Dependency Payment DenialNo later than 14 days after the determination to deny was made.
- Dependency Payment StartWithin 14 days after the claims administrator's date of knowledge of the death and of the identity and address of the dependent(s).
About these notices
What is a California workers’ compensation benefit notice?
The administrator’s letter that starts a clock — delay, denial, TD, PD, QME panel, and the rest of the 17 types in DWC’s Benefit Notice Manual. Each nested page is what that letter means, the rule behind it, and the deadline it starts. Unofficial guide, not a substitute for the letter you received.
Which notice pages are here?
All 17 notice types from the manual, on one hub. Open the type that matches the letter in your file. Forms that pair with a notice are linked from that page, not duplicated here as a second index.
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