DWC Now Requiring UAN for Lien Claimants

The California Division of Workers’ Compensation said lien claimants must now use a uniform assigned name when filing certain forms.The division on Friday afternoon said any lien claimant must use the UAN to electronically file a notice and request for allowance of a lien or an application for adjudication beginning Saturday, June 29. Attempts to file these documents without using a UAN will fail, the division said.The DWC also said that beginning today, optical character recognition documents must also be filed with the UAN.The uniform assigned name is a method to ensure that parties ar...