If you have suffered an injury while carrying out your work duties, your entire life has likely changed. You need those workers’ compensation payments to help you deal with the medical expenses, missed wages and other costs associated with your injury, so that you can...
Workers’ Compensation
How often should I call my workers’ comp attorney?
You've met with your workers' compensation lawyer. They asked you about your injury, explained how the workers' comp process works in New York and discussed the next steps. Does this mean you should just rest, focus on getting better, and wait to hear something? As a...
The different types of back injuries you can suffer at work
A back injury can seriously disrupt your life. It can rob you of your ability to work, care for yourself or your kids, play sports or move around without pain. Back injuries are significantly reducing the qualify of life of thousands of New Yorkers. People can suffer...
Are New York’s volunteer first responders covered by workers’ comp?
New York State's volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers provide an invaluable service to their communities. When they get hurt, they are entitled to a form of workers' compensation -- as long as they can show that their injury or illness was suffered "in the...
Do not jeopardize your chances of getting workers’ comp benefits
Workers’ compensation benefits are there to provide help to people injured on the job or in job-related activities. Your time away from work provides you the opportunity to physically heal, and workers’ compensation benefits will help you in the short term provide for...
How long do you have to file a claim for an occupational disease?
When your work environment causes you to develop an occupational disease, you may want to file a claim in an attempt to help cover the costs of your medical care and make up for lost income. If, for example, you work in an environment that exposes you to asbestos and...
Is workers’ compensation different if the claimant is under 18?
As a youth of 17, your child had decades of potential success to look forward to. Now your child has suffered an injury on the job. Suddenly a future full of dreams and limitless possibility has turned into a lifetime of managing the pain and limitations of a...
Transportation and construction workers face high injury risks
There were almost 200,000 job-related nonfatal injuries and illnesses suffered by construction workers in 2018. As reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in November 2019, transportation and warehouse workers exceeded that number with more than 221,000...
Manly mistakes that could cost you compensation
The thousands of men and women at New York's construction sites know how strong you have to be to work in this industry. Construction workers continue to top the charts in terms of workplace injuries. Nationwide, falls are the leading cause of employee injuries and...
New York Workers’ Compensation standards may get a makeover
Workers' compensation requires employers to provide workers with benefits if they get injured on-the-job, in exchange for immunity from lawsuits. These benefits are provided to give the worker and their family financial stability as they recover from their...