Workers' Compensation
State laws require your employer or their insurance company to compensate you and your family for injuries or death that occur while you are working. You may be entitled to:
- Weekly benefits while you are temporarily totally disabled and unable to work.
- The payment of your medical expenses.
- Weekly payments or a lump sum payment for partial or total disability resulting from a work-related injury.
What should I do if I am injured?
Report the injury to your employer immediately. If you cannot reach an agreement with your employer or their insurance carrier concerning what benefits or medical expense payments you are entitled to, you can file your claim with the Industrial Commission of your state. The comission is usually the court system set up to deal with workers' compensation claims.
If you or a loved one has suffered an injury, illness or death related to the workplace, call VanDerGinst Law at 1-866-843-7367 or click here for a FREE online case evaluation. The initial consultation is free of charge. If we agree to handle your injury case, we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if, and when, there is a money recovery for you. In many cases a lawsuit must be filed before an applicable expiration date, known as a statute of limitations. So please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.
Links on the Web
List of Workers' Compensation Agencies in All 50 States Yahoo! News Search Results for "Workers' Compensation"Yahoo! News Search Results for "Workers' Compensation" |
| Thu, 08 May 2008 14:59:26 GMT Workers' Compensation Costs Per Claim in Louisiana Higher Than Most Other Study States, Finds New WCRI Study (Centre Daily Times) Workers' compensation costs per claim in Louisiana were 28 percent higher than the median of 14 study states for a similar set of 2003/2006 claims, according to a new study by the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). Click here to read this Workers' Compensation news article. |
| Thu, 08 May 2008 15:13:33 GMT Workers' Compensation Board sets ambitious new goal (Regina Leader-Post) Not content with having the second-highest workplace injury rate in Canada, the Workers? Compensation Board is setting a new, more ambitious target for its five-year-old injury prevention program, WorkSafe Saskatchewan -- zero workplace injuries. Click here to read this Workers' Compensation news article. |
| Wed, 07 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT University of California Chooses Remedy Interactive's Injury Prevention Software to Decrease Workers' Compensation ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) As part of its commitment to employee wellness, University of California has selected Remedy Interactive Inc. to help reduce the number of workplace injuries, workers' compensation claims and lost work days among staff members. Click here to read this Workers' Compensation news article. |
| Fri, 09 May 2008 14:18:34 GMT Ohio businesses: Review workers' compensation rates (FOX 19 Cincinnati) COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio official says his agency's recommended changes to the injured-worker insurance plan were only suggestions and their opponents will get another look. Click here to read this Workers' Compensation news article. |
| Thu, 08 May 2008 22:58:06 GMT Ohio businesses: Review workers' compensation rates (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A group of Ohio employers who say their businesses are being crushed by injured-worker insurance rates that the state modified last year has asked the state's watchdog to take another look at the program. Click here to read this Workers' Compensation news article. |
| Tue, 06 May 2008 11:48:18 GMT Workers? compensation insurer issues dividends to local companies | By Marisa Beahm The Reporter-Herald (Loveland Reporter-Herald) Pinnacol Assurance, a Colorado workers? compensation insurer, will issue approximately $55 million worth of dividend checks to Colorado businesses. Click here to read this Workers' Compensation news article. |