Workers’ comp in Fresno.
The Central Valley’s injured workers are often the least likely to know their rights and the most likely to be pushed back to work too early. Our Fresno office on North Palm Avenue handles heat illness, machinery injuries, and cumulative trauma claims from the fields and packing houses, and every case is available in Spanish.
The work in and around Fresno centers on agriculture, packing houses, and food processing, trucking and distribution, construction, hospitals and healthcare, and manufacturing. The injuries follow the work: back, shoulder, and hand injuries from lifting and machinery; falls; vehicle and forklift collisions; heat illness outdoors; and cumulative trauma that builds over years and counts the same as a single-day injury.
What you’re owed.
- Medical care for the injury — no co-pay, no deductible, no lifetime cap
- Temporary disability at two-thirds of your average weekly wage while you recover
- Permanent disability for lasting impairment, rated under the AMA Guides
- A $6,000 retraining voucher if your employer can’t take you back within your restrictions
- Protection from retaliation for filing — a separate claim under Labor Code § 132a
- A civil case against anyone other than your employer who caused the injury — no cap, with pain and suffering
The deadlines that decide cases.
Almost nobody in Fresno finds out about these in time. Report in writing, keep copies, and call before either clock becomes the story. Our deadline calculator counts down from your date of injury.
The Fresno office.
Employees First Labor Law — Workers’ Compensation
8050 N Palm Ave Suite 347
Fresno, CA 93711
310-853-3461
Serving injured workers in Fresno, Clovis, Madera, Selma, Sanger, Reedley, Visalia, Hanford, and Merced. Cases are typically heard at the Fresno district office of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. Evening and weekend consultations by appointment; phone and video consultations available.
Questions we hear first.
Where will my Fresno workers’ comp case be heard?
Cases from Fresno and surrounding communities are typically assigned to the Fresno district office of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, where hearings, mandatory settlement conferences, and trials take place. Venue is generally the county where you live or where the injury occurred.
Do I have to come into the office?
No. We meet clients at our Fresno office, by phone, or by video, and we handle the filings and appearances. Many clients never need to visit the office at all.
What does it cost?
Nothing up front. Attorney fees in California workers’ compensation are approved by the board and paid out of the recovery — typically 15 percent. There is no hourly bill and no retainer.
Do you handle cases in Spanish?
Yes. Every office has Spanish-speaking staff, and the firm’s Spanish-language site, Empleados Primero, covers the same ground as this one.
General information about California law, not legal advice about your case. Attorney advertising.