When an employee is hurt on the job, a workers’ compensation claim is usually needed. However, while the monetary part of that claim is important, so to is the medical care part of the workers’ compensation claim. The term, medical care refers to medical services,...
Volunteer first responders may receive workers’ compensation
Many New Yorkers serve their communities as volunteer firefighters and ambulance drivers. Many volunteer first responders engaged in the cleanup of the World Trade Center after 9/11 and suffered injuries and illness. Fortunately, New York law provides benefits for...
Some of the most common types of workplace injuries
Workplace injuries can lead to lost wages and the need for medical care and treatment that workers’ compensation benefits may be able to help with. It is important for workers injured on the job in any way to be familiar with how workers’ compensation benefits may be...
Volunteer ambulance workers still qualify for workers’ comp
Volunteers often do not think that they are covered by workers’ compensation laws. However, for volunteer ambulance workers, there is a specific law that covers them, the Volunteer Ambulance Workers’ Benefits Law. This law provides for both medical care and cash...
Am I covered by workers’ comp or the Longshore Act?
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...
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...
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...
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...
