As a resource for visitors to the Workers Comp Zone blog, please find the below compendium of links relating to California politics, employment law, labor, medical resources and tools for research.

WORKERS COMP INFORMATION

www.viaw.org (Voters Injured At Work)
www.caaa.org (California Applicants Attorneys)
www.dir.ca.gov/DWC/dwc_home_page.htm (Calif Dept. Of Industrial Relations Work Comp Page)
www.ciaw.org (Website by some injured workers)
www.pressdemo.com/workerscomp (Santa Rosa Press expose on workers comp)
www.injuredonthejob.tv (Injured Worker Advocate)
www.wcrinet.org
www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/forms.html (Workers comp forms)
www.workcompcentral.com (Workers Comp news and opinion on a daily basis/some for free, some by subscription)
www.dir.ca.gov/workers'_comp.html (Workers Comp Appeals Board Home Page)
www.dir.ca.gov/imc/FAQBYIW.html (Industrial Medical Council)
www.dol.gov/esa/regs/statutes/owcp/stwclaw/stwclaw.htm (Federal Longshore and Harbor Workers Benefits)

CALIFORNIA POLITICS

www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html (California legislative info)
www.californiaprogressreport.com/ (California political news)
www.capitolweekly.net/ (California state capitol news)
capitolbasement.com/ (California political news)
www.ppic.org/main/home.asp (Public policy think tank)
www.youngdems.org/ (Young democrats organization)

www.newwestnotes.com (Blog on California politics)
www.rtumble.com (California politics and policy news)


EMPLOYMENT LAW

www.celaweb.org (California Employment Lawyers Association)
www.workplacefairness.org/ (promotes workplace fairness)
www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Employment_discrimination (employment discrimination law resources)
www.callaborlaw.com/ (blog on employment law by employer-side firm)
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/ (Americans With Disabilities Act information)
www.eeoc.gov/ (Federal EEOC home page)


LABOR

www.aflcio.org (labor information)
www.lib.berkeley.edu/IIRL/ (U.C. Berkeley Institute of Industrial Relations)
www.epinet.org (Economic Policy Institute)
www.nlrb.gov (National Labor Relations Board)
www.stats.bls.gov (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
www.labornet.org (news about labor organizing worldwide)
www.osh.net (occupational health information)
www.osha.gov/pls/imis/citedstandard.html (Occupational health standards information)
www.dir.ca.gov/DOSH/dosh1.html (California OSHA official site)

MEDICAL

www.medbd.ca.gov/
www.webapps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/home.html
www.medlineplus.gov (medical research site)
www.nlm.nih.gov (medical research site)
www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html (medical research site)
www.pohly.com/terms.html (glossary of medical and managed healthcare terms)
www.guideline.gov (listing of medical treatment guidelines)
www.ncadi.samhsa.gov/features/interact/calc/
www.medscape.com/home (medical treatment research)
www.familydoctor.org/symptom.xml (medical treatment research)
www.acoem.org (official ACOEM site-ACOEM is used as official California treatment standard)

RESEARCH

www.google.com (Google web portal)
www.yahoo.com (Yahoo web portal)
www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ (California courts website)
www.uscourts.gov/courtlinks (Federal courts website)
www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html (Federal register for federal administrative regiulations)
www.leginfo.ca.gov (California legislative information)
www.loc.gov/index (Library of Congress)
www.archive.org/index.php (internet wayback website)
www.findarticles.com (to research articles)
www.mapquest.com (maps and distance calculators)
www.newspapers.com (website to access newspapers)

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY

www.ssa.gov/pubs/10029.html