When you’re injured at work, you hope that your employer will do what is necessary to ensure that you’re well taken care of. Although your employer may be able to offer you workers’ compensation benefits to try to offset your lost wages and your medical expenses, the...
No one wants to be the victim of a workplace accident. Unfortunately, there are many people who suffer injuries while working in New York. While these injuries will certainly cause some financial hardships, injured workers expect that they will be able to receive...
Many people in New York City work in factories or other work sites that are consistently loud. Vehicles, heavy machinery and the like create a lot of noise. Sound levels are measured in decibels. Over time, noises around 80 decibels or higher can cause damage to one’s...
New York City nurses are true heroes. They sacrifice so much, all so they can provide essential care to their patients. However, the nursing profession is rife with occupational injuries and illnesses. Nurses face a high rate of injury In the past, nurses have faced...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...