The employer may forward the death notice to the workers' compensation insurer for submission to the Administrative Director. Which party initiates this forwarding?

• A. Employer
• B. Employee
• C. Administrative Director
• D. Attorney

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is who has the duty to start the notification chain after a work-related death. In California workers’ compensation, the employer bears the responsibility to report the death to the workers’ compensation insurer. That insurer then submits the death notice to the Administrative Director. So the party that initiates the forwarding is the employer, because they are the ones required to trigger the process by notifying the insurer. The employee isn’t responsible for sending notices, the Administrative Director is the recipient, and a lawyer would be involved later in the process rather than initiating the filing.