Redding WCAB District Office

The Redding WCAB office is where the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board hears workers' compensation cases filed by people connected to Redding, Chico, Westwood, and Yuba City.

The Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) runs the office. It holds hearings and settlement conferences and houses two DWC service units described below. The facts on this page come from the official DWC office page, checked October 14, 2026.

Which cases go to the Redding WCAB office?

Whether your case belongs at this office depends on California venue law, not simply on which city you live in.

Under California Labor Code section 5501.5, three main rules decide where a claim is filed: the county where the injured worker (or a deceased worker's dependent) lives when filing, the county where the injury, or the last injurious exposure in a cumulative trauma claim, took place, or, if the worker is represented, the county holding that attorney's main office. When none of those counties has its own appeals board location, state law routes the filing to the closest office that does qualify.

Using the DWC's own ZIP code assignments, these are the cities whose filings land at the Redding office today:

• Chico
• Redding
• Westwood
• Yuba City

If you want to double check, your hearing notice names the office, and the DWC ZIP code locator shows which office an address currently falls under. Neither one overrides the venue rules above, so call the office directly if something does not line up.

What happens there?

The office holds workers' compensation hearings and settlement conferences, and it houses two DWC units that help with specific parts of a claim.

Two DWC units work out of this office. The Disability Evaluation Unit issues permanent disability ratings in certain disputed claims, while the Information and Assistance Unit, usually called the I&A Unit, fields general questions about the claims process for workers who have not yet hired a lawyer. Neither one acts as your advocate or gives legal advice.

According to the DWC, the office also puts on a free injured worker workshop over Zoom that walks through the claims process step by step. English sessions run the first Friday of the month at 3 p.m., with a Spanish-language session on the third Friday at the same time.

Can you attend by video or phone?

Usually, yes, for conferences. A trial still means showing up in person.

The DWC moved status conferences, mandatory settlement conferences, priority conferences, and lien conferences statewide onto its CourtCall Video Platform starting March 3, 2025, and that change covers cases heard in Redding. Every workers' compensation judge now has a virtual courtroom there. Only trials, lien trials, and expedited hearings stayed in person.

Because judge assignments and virtual courtroom links are case specific and change often, the DWC posts them directly rather than through pages like this one. Before your hearing, check the official DWC Virtual Courtroom Resources page, which also has setup instructions.

How do you get there and park?

You can reach the office at 250 Hemsted Drive, Second Floor, Suite B, Redding, CA 96002-9040, by bus or by car, with parking on site.

The DWC notes Redding Area Bus Authority routes that reach the building, and its office page links full driving directions if you are coming from outside town. Drivers will find parking both next to the building and in the lot that wraps around it.

What should you bring?

A photo ID and your hearing paperwork cover most visits, and timing your arrival to the office's posted hours helps.

The DWC opens the lobby at 8:00 a.m. on court days, Monday through Friday aside from holidays, and the front counter will date stamp and file documents you bring. Outside of hearings, the office takes walk-ins from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. and again from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

One more thing the DWC is specific about: leave children at home rather than bringing them to court. If a hearing notice leaves you unsure what to bring, the I&A Unit or the office itself can tell you before your court date.

A case venued at the Redding office is still one Yazdchi Law P.C. can take a look at. The firm works out of a single location in Palmdale, handling matters statewide by phone, video, and mail rather than requiring clients to travel there. Each claim gets reviewed on its own facts before the firm decides whether to take it on.

The full list of California WCAB offices is on the WCAB district offices page, and Yazdchi Law P.C. covers workers' compensation claims directly in Redding and Chico as well.

Call (661) 273-1780, or reach out through the contact form, to have the firm take a look at your claim.