When a person is injured or becomes ill on the job, they may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, and they may have questions about how much they will receive. These benefits are intended to provide financial support to the worker while they heal. Benefit...
If you’ve been injured on the job, then you’re probably worried about how you’re going to make ends meet. After all, even with good insurance your medical bills can overwhelm your finances, and your inability to work can leave you without the income that you need to...
In New York, employees are entitled to file a claim for workers’ compensation if they are injured or become ill due to their work environment. Workers can be injured by falls, heavy equipment or exposure to hazardous chemicals. They may not realize, however, that...
When you apply for workers’ compensation benefits in New York your doctor will submit a report to your employer’s insurer describing your injuries and how they are being treated. This report is used by the insurer and the Workers’ Compensation Board to determine the...
Airplane passengers at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport may have noticed an increase in construction activity lately. Indeed, construction has been occurring, leading to an incident in which two construction workers were killed on the job. The trench...
Twenty percent of all workplace injuries and illnesses involve back injuries, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), with some 1 million workers per year putting in for this kind of injury. A variety of activities can cause back injuries but BLS has...
In New York state, workers' compensation is considered a no-fault system, which means that injured workers don't have to prove that their employer was negligent. As long as the injury occurred at work, workers' compensation should provide benefits for medical care....
Falls at work can happen in any industry. You can suffer from a fall whether you perform manual labor, work at an office job or even work at home. After you fall, some injuries might be immediately obvious, such as a broken bone, head injury or sprained ankle. In...
The New York area is filled with workers in many different industries. No matter what industry you work in, you could be at risk of a repetitive motion injury. What is a repetitive motion injury? A repetitive motion injury, sometimes called a repetitive strain injury,...
Injuries can happen anywhere in New York and people’s place of employment is no different. If people suffer injuries at work that prevents them from working, it can be very difficult. People may need to incur significant medical bills and also lose income since they...