Remote employees – if you are an actual employee of the company you work for, chances are you can receive workers’ compensation benefits. However, this can get confusing, particularly if a company misclassifies an employee as an independent contractor instead of as an employee. Here, we want to review California workers’ compensation laws so you can see that remote workers typically will receive benefits (or they should), and we want to discuss what you can do if you struggle to recover compensation after sustaining an on-the-job injury or illness.