DWC Adds Attorney Consultation Notice to Workplace Poster

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation updated a poster employers are required to display in the workplace to add language advising people of their right to consult an attorney following an injury. Gov. Gavin Newsom in July signed AB 1870, by Assemblymember Liz Ortega, D-San Leandro, requiring an attorney consultation advisement be added to the workplace poster. The bill requires the poster advise workers of the right to consult an attorney about their workers’ compensation rights. And it requires the poster inform workers that in most cases, attorney fees will be paid ...