Injured Workers Should Not Stand Alone
When a worker suffers an injury on the job, he or she may receive a number of benefits beyond monetary compensation for lost wages and the medical expenses of the recovery. In some cases, an employer may be responsible for providing vocational rehabilitation to the...
Workers' compensation is a complex system that protects both workers and employers from the financial fallout of work-related injuries. Professionals who deal with workers' compensation claims every day understand that the process of filing a claim and pursuing fair...
When a worker suffers an injury on the job, workers' compensation steps in to provide immediate support and ensure that the worker receives the medical care he or she requires. Once the urgent medical needs of the worker are met, workers' compensation may cover a...
California lawmakers continued to expand patient protections recently by introducing a bill that would expand protections for workers who develop work-related breast cancer. Under the new bill, doctors who evaluate and diagnose patients with work-related breast cancer...
In general, when an employee receives workers' compensation benefits, those benefits are not taxable at either the state or federal level. However, many workers do not realize that there are some specific exceptions to this practice that can cause serious problems if...
Most of us understand that we may file a workers' compensation claim if we suffer an injury at work, but when exactly "work" begins is not always as clear. In general, the law does not include an employee's commute as part of one's work, so it is unlikely that you may...
Workers' compensation benefits offer some important protections and provisions to employees who suffer injuries on the job. Benefits range from medical care and ongoing treatment for work-related injuries, to monetary compensation for income lost because of these...
Workers' compensation can provide many important protections for workers who suffer injury on the job. But what about employees who experience an injury on the job and cannot fully recover from it? In many cases, injuries suffered on the job lead to some form of...
When people discuss workplace injuries and workers' compensation, they generally refer to physical ailments and injuries brought on by work conditions or accidents. However, not all painful injuries are purely physical. In some cases, an employee may suffer emotional...
The concept of workers' compensation insurance is one that is thrown around in conversation or mentioned on television regularly, but not all workers properly understand it, especially when it comes time to file a claim. If you have concerns about a workers'...
