For the past several years (indeed, some in New York may even argue decades), one of the main incentives drawing people into the workforce was the promise of employment benefits. One of the chief among these is workers' compensation (as employees want the security...
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A slow-onset illness may still qualify you for workers’ compensation
When you think of workers’ compensation, you often imagine situations when a worker has tripped in the walk-in freezer or suffered a serious cut during dinner preparation. For a lot of workers, workers’ compensation seems like the solution for injuries suffered in...
You can still get workers’ compensation if you caused the accident
Workplace injuries occur far more often than many people realize. The state’s Workers’ Compensation Board has assembled about 170,000 claims each of the past four years, which is a significant number. We don’t know the exact circumstances of each of these claims, such...