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Division of Workers' Compensation - Audit and Enforcement Unit

The Audit and Enforcement Unit audits insurance companies, self-insured employers, and third-party administrators to ensure that they have met their obligations under the Labor Code and the administrative director's regulations. By assessing penalties and ordering that unpaid compensation be paid, this unit ensures that proper benefits are delivered accurately and in a timely manner.

Forms, publications and reports

Update image Revised benefit notices manual, sample benefit notices and fact sheets, English/Spanish Adobe Acrobat image icon version word image version

2007 DWC Audit Unit annual report for audits conducted in 2006 Adobe Acrobat image icon

Audit Unit annual reports 1994 - 2005

2008 annual report of inventory due Apr. 1, 2008

DWC administrative director's 2006 audit ranking report - Adobe Acrobat image icon version
DWC administrative director's 2005 audit ranking report - Adobe Acrobat image icon version
DWC administrative director's 2004 audit ranking report - Adobe Acrobat image icon version - Excel image icon version
DWC administrative director's 2003 audit ranking report - Adobe Acrobat image icon version
Issued in accordance with Labor Code section 129 (e) and Title 8, California Code of Regulations, section 10107.1 (c) (3)

Audit performance standards

DWC profile audit performance standards and full compliance audit standards for 2008 Adobe Acrobat image icon
DWC profile audit performance standards and full compliance audit standards for 2007 Adobe Acrobat image icon
DWC profile audit performance standards and full compliance audit standards for 2006 Adobe Acrobat image icon
DWC profile audit performance standards and full compliance audit standards for 2005 Adobe Acrobat image icon
DWC profile audit performance standards and full compliance audit standards for 2004 Adobe Acrobat image icon

Audit and Enforcement Unit news

Oct. 31, 2008 Notice of rulemaking and public hearing for update to audit regulations acrobat image version
Jul. 31, 2008 Division of Workers’ Compensation posts Spanish-language samples of revised benefit notices acrobat image version

Audit Unit offices

Los Angeles
320 West 4th Street, 9th floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013-1105
(213) 620-2312
 Oakland
1515 Clay Street, 18th floor
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 286-7100
 Sacramento
2424 Arden Way, Suite 305
Sacramento, CA 95825-2482
(916) 263-2710

October 2008