California's economy, powered by two great wealth producing regions, the entertainment industry in southern California, and Silicon Valley in the Bay Area, is strong. Many business owners, stockholders, and high-tech workers are making fortunes faster than anyone ever dreamed was possible.
Workers injured on the job seem to live in a different state.
You would think that the wealthiest state in the nation would offer one of the most generous workers' compensation plans. Well, think again. Among the fifty states, California's benefits rank second to the bottom, in forty-ninth place. Tax free but capped Consider the benefits a worker who has been injured on the job and is unable to work would receive. That worker would get two-thirds of their pay, tax free.