Workers’ compensation can be a complicated topic and, if you’ve been injured at work, you’ll likely have a lot of questions. Things get even more complex for those who work in or around New York’s harbors. Who covers your injuries? What is the LHWCA? The Longshore and...
Year: 2021
Are pre-existing conditions covered by workers’ compensation?
Workers’ compensation is insurance guaranteeing medical, disability and other benefits to injured workers for work-related injuries. In New York, every business, even one with only a single employee, must carry workers’ compensation unless it belongs to an exempt...
Workplace accident kills reality-tv singer
Every year, there are multiple reality-tv singing competitions, and each year, one person is crowned the winner and awarded fame and fortune. For the hundreds of others that do not receive this crown though, they are rewarded with some amount of notoriety and fame,...
What are the basics about workers’ compensation in New York?
When workers in New York get injured or become ill while on the job, there are a number of specific concerns that usually immediately arise in their minds. For starters, they rightfully focus on how they will recover their health. Next, they probably wonder how their...
How common are slip-and-fall injuries and can they be prevented?
It is easy to see how working at heights at a construction site or working with heavy machinery in a warehouse could cause workplace injuries. However, along with factories and construction sites, retail stores and offices in New York City could present slip, trip and...
New York City employees and workers’ compensation
Our state’s workers’ compensation statutes were enacted to address historic inequalities that amongst workers when they were injured on the job. Prior to workers’ compensation laws, ever workplace injury was litigated or went uncompensated, depending on the...
Ironic scaffold collapse injures two in Manassas, VA
Scaffolding presents one of the greatest hazards to construction workers. If exterior scaffolding collapses, the workers who are using the scaffold will fall and perhaps suffer serious injuries. Most scaffolding accidents will produce workers’ compensation benefits...
Common work injuries suffered by material handlers
Certain industries in New York and elsewhere possess a certain level of dangers for those working in it. Whether it is due to the environment a worker is in or the equipment or materials an employee is working with, it is important that both employers and employees...
What will workers’ comp benefits pay for in New York?
Many injured workers may find themselves struggling to get through the aftermath of a workplace injury. Workplace injuries can take their toll on workers physically, financially and emotionally which is why they should be familiar with what workers’ compensation...
Repetitive motion injuries and workers’ compensation
The work environments in New York and states across the nation require their employs to complete certain tasks. Whether it is in the office typing for the vast majority of the day, in an assembly line at a factory, a construction worker or any other type of worker,...