When a New York worker is injured on the job, the best-case scenario is that he or she is approved for workers’ compensation benefits, gets treatment, is eventually be fully healed and able to get back to the same type of work as before. Unfortunately, that does not...
Important steps to take following a workplace accident
Workplace accidents and injuries can, unfortunately, happen. It is important for injured workers to understand that workers’ compensation is a no-fault system and regardless of how they were injured, they may be able to receive workers’ compensation benefits to help...
Why are workers’ compensation claims denied?
Workers’ compensation is an important form of insurance that many employers carry to provide their workers with financial support when those workers are hurt while on the job. All across the New York, many men and women rely on workers’ compensation payments to keep...
What construction site hazards can cause health concerns over time?
If you work at a construction site, you know the dangers that an accident can pose. However, your job can impact your health in more subtle ways, and the occupational diseases that your everyday tasks can cause are no less worthy of attention. What hazards in the...
How can workers’ compensation help injured workers in New York?
Workers’ compensation benefits can be one of the most important resources injured workers have available to them as they face the challenges associated with the aftermath of a workplace injury. Workers’ compensation benefits are available to workers injured in New...
Two EMTs killed in fiery crash on I-87
Most Long Island residents understand that the job of an Emergency Medical Technician can be very dangerous. EMTs are often required to accept risky conditions such as a fire or building collapse to do their work. Another hazard of an EMT’s job is the need to travel...
What is meant by occupational disease?
While workers’ compensation is generally thought of in terms of a single work accident or even repetitive stress injuries, employees can suffer serious conditions due to toxic exposure or other workplace hazards. Even with advanced safety training and the use of...
New state court ruling goes against Uber and Lyft
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...
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...
