Salinas WCAB District Office

Yazdchi Law P.C. does not have an office inside this building. The firm is based in Palmdale, and Eman Yazdchi, California State Bar #285231, looks at each California workers' compensation matter on its own facts. To ask whether the firm can review a claim tied to this office, call (661) 273-1780 or send a message through the contact form.

Which cases go to the Salinas WCAB office?

A case belongs at the Salinas office when state venue rules place it in Monterey County, not simply because the worker's address says Salinas.

State law, not a city line, decides where a workers' compensation case is heard. California Labor Code section 5501.5 says an application for adjudication of claim is filed in the county where the injured worker lives on the day they file, the county where the injury (or, for a cumulative injury, the last harmful exposure) happened, or the county where the worker's attorney keeps a main office, if the worker has one. When a claim is filed through the attorney's county, the attorney must say so on an early claim form, and the employer then has 30 days to object.

DWC's own ZIP code listing is a faster first check. It assigns 67 ZIP codes to the Salinas office, reaching Salinas itself plus other parts of Monterey County that do not yet have their own guide on this site:

• Salinas

The DWC ZIP code locator runs that same lookup for any address. Treat it as a starting point only. It is a convenience tool, and it cannot override section 5501.5 or settle venue for one specific claim.

What happens at this Salinas WCAB office?

Workers' compensation judges hear disputed claims there, and two DWC units at the same address help with ratings and general questions.

DWC lists a Disability Evaluation Unit and an Information and Assistance Unit inside the Salinas building. The Information and Assistance Unit gives free help to an injured worker who has no lawyer and needs to understand a form or a next step. DWC also hosts a monthly workshop for injured workers connected to this office. The session meets over Zoom twice each month: once on the first Friday for English speakers, and again on the third Friday for Spanish speakers, both starting at 3 p.m.

Can you attend a Salinas WCAB hearing by phone or video?

For most conference-type hearings, yes. For a trial, no, since trials still happen in person.

Starting March 3, 2025, DWC retired the old telephone conference lines for status conferences, mandatory settlement conferences, priority conferences, and lien conferences, moving all of them onto the CourtCall Video Platform. Each assigned judge keeps a separate virtual courtroom there. Trials, lien trials, and expedited hearings are the exception; DWC still sets those in person. A judge's video link and any phone backup change between hearings, so do not reuse a number from an earlier notice. Check your own hearing notice or DWC's Virtual Courtroom Resources page for the current one on the date you need it.

How do you get to the Salinas WCAB office, and is parking free?

Yes, DWC describes free parking at the building, and Monterey-Salinas Transit buses also reach the area.

DWC's own Salinas office page links driving directions and notes Monterey-Salinas Transit bus service near the office, with schedule and fare details on the transit agency's own site. For parking, DWC states that free parking is available at the building, without naming a specific lot or space count.

What should you bring to a Salinas WCAB hearing?

Bring your hearing notice, your claim number, and any documents it asks for, and arrive early enough to check in before your session starts.

Keep your hearing notice and claim number together, since the office uses them to find your file. If you need to file paperwork in person rather than mail it, DWC's page says items may be filed at the clerks' window inside the Salinas office. The same page also lists an email contact for requesting a continuance or asking a general question ahead of a hearing date. If your hearing instead runs on the CourtCall Video Platform described above, have that link open and your documents ready a few minutes before your start time.

What should a Salinas-area worker do next?

Start from whatever DWC paperwork already names your office, then decide whether to have a lawyer look at the claim.

A hearing notice, an Information and Assistance letter, or your claim number says more about where your own case sits than any general page can. If a claim might actually belong somewhere else in the state, the full directory of WCAB district offices covers every location DWC runs. For a broader look at a workers' compensation claim connected to Salinas itself, see the Salinas workers' comp lawyer guide.

Yazdchi Law P.C. is based in Palmdale and keeps no office inside this WCAB building or any other district office. The firm does not control what DWC publishes about this location. To ask whether the firm can look at a claim tied to this office, call (661) 273-1780 or use the contact form. The firm reviews each matter on its own facts and does not take on every case.