Legal Question in Workers Comp in California

Since employers must treat employees who are off work because of on the job injuries the same as employees who are actually at work performing their duties, you should be paid full salary and earn your normal benefits [vacation, pension, medical] while off obtaining health care related to the injury. Many employers are not aware of this so your employer may first need to check with the comp. insurance carrier, who should be paying you mileage, parking, bridge tolls, etc. for going to and coming back from the treatment or examination facility. You need to submit a list of dates and distances to get this.