Category Archives: Workers Compensation
What if You’re Injured in a Car Accident While On the Job?
For many of us, our jobs aren’t just in an office or in one central location. Rather, our jobs require that we get in our cars, and hit the roads or travel. But being on the roadways creates a work-related danger that you don’t have in an office—the risk of getting into a car… Read More »
Does Workers’ Compensation Cover Medical Care for Illnesses and Disease?
Contrary to common belief, workers’ compensation doesn’t just cover injuries or accidents at work. It also covers and protects you from illnesses that you might contract on the job, under certain circumstances. Difficulties With Illnesses Illnesses can present problems in workers’ compensation cases, because part of the requirement in making a workers’ compensation claim… Read More »
Injuries and Getting Workers Compensation When You Work From Home
One of the main requirements when you make a workers compensation claim, is whether or not you are injured while on, or while doing, your job. Often, this is an easy question to answer–for many, it’s clear when you’re working or on the job, and when you are not. But when employees work from… Read More »
Understanding Workers Compensation Immunity
One of the places that we spend the most of our time at, and where we might engage in our most dangerous or potentially risky activities, is at work. And because of that, our employers have a legal obligation to keep us as safe as possible while we’re at work. But injuries at work… Read More »
Workers’ Compensation When You Get An Illness, Disease Or Infection At Work
When we think of injuries on the job, we think of an actual injury. Something that happens, in a sudden or acute way, that causes us an immediate injury. But not all work related injuries are like that. Sometimes, and especially in certain professions, the main threat is not an actual accident at work—it’s… Read More »
Common Accidents On Construction Sites
It’s no secret that construction sites can be some of the most dangerous places to work and that construction accidents account for a large number of workplace accidents. These accidents can result in workers compensation claims, and third party injury claims. But how do people get injured on construction sites, and what are the… Read More »
Injuries On Breaks: Do You Get Workers’ Compensation?
Most people are aware that if you are injured on the job that you are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits to help you with your medical expenses and lost wages. But what does it mean to be “on the job?” Sometimes, that’s an easy question to answer. But other times, such as when people… Read More »
Do Temporary Workers Get Workers’ Compensation In Florida?
When we talk about workers’ compensation and who is entitled to benefits, we usually are talking about full time, permanent employees. But what about temporary employees? Do temporary employees get workers’ compensation benefits? Joint Employers While a regular, full time employee has one employer (at least, one oer job), a temporary employee sometimes has… Read More »
Do Seasonal Employees Get Workers’ Compensation?
If you have short term work, and you are injured on the job you may be wondering whether you qualify for workers’ compensation coverage, or whether your employer must provide you such coverage. The initial question to ask is what kind of employee you are, if your position does not employ you for the… Read More »
Workers’ Compensation And The Family Medical Leave Act-Which Takes Precedence?
In a workers’ compensation case, an employer will often have the option to offer an injured worker light or altered duty, to provide the worker the chance to work and make money, without having to return to the worker’s normal job duties which he or she may not be able to do because of… Read More »
