Injured Workers Should Not Stand Alone
Workers' compensation benefits cover many areas of a workers' needs after an injury on the job. Depending on the nature of the injury and the length of the recovery time required, workers compensation offers different types of wage loss benefits to help employees stay...
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...
When a worker suffers an injury on the job, he or she must properly report the injury to the employer in order to file a workers' compensation claim. If the worker does not uphold his or her responsibility to properly report the injury, then the workers' compensation...
If an employee suffers an injury while working for an employer, then he or she may qualify to file a workers' compensation claim. However, it is not always simple to know when an employee is technically "on the job." Car accidents often qualify as work-related, but...
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...
Workers' compensation claims are an important part of ensuring that workplace injury does not adversely affect either an employee or an employer. Unfortunately, not all individuals who work for someone else are actually covered by workers' compensation. If you...
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...
