Dealing with an injury you suffered at work can be a stressful ordeal. From managing your pain symptoms to rehabilitating your injuries, your daily routine can be substantially impacted by a work-related injury. Unfortunately, some injured workers end up with post-injury symptoms that affect their quality of health for the rest of their lives. Although
According to data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 3 million work related injuries and illnesses per year in the private sector. Some of those injuries and illnesses are reported from employees you would not think of. For example, health-care workers are classified among the highest employees that experience a high rate
Compensation for injured employees varies from each state across America as each state is allowed to determine its own benefits, with no federal minimums. Employees who are injured at work are awarded a portion of their wages up to the state maximum for the number of weeks injured. Jeremy Lewis, 27, and Josh Potter, 25,
Senator Mark Green and Representative Jeremy Durham are pushing for a bill that could make Tennessee the third state to allow employers to opt out of state’s workers compensation program and design individual programs for employees injured at work. The bill would primarily limit medical expenses, which will only be covered for up to 3
Say you’ve been severely injured on the job in CT, should you file a workers compensation claim? Filing a workers compensation claim can seem like a daunting task, especially when TV and radio ads bombard you with legal terms about work injuries and possible benefits, without explaining what they mean or if they pertain to
Connecticut Companies Have to Deal Fairly and Honestly with Your Workers’ Comp Claim; Don’t Settle for Less By law, all companies in our state are required to carry Connecticut workers’ compensation insurance—not only in “dangerous” industries such as trucking and construction, but also relatively harmless white-collar professions such as banking and publishing. Unfortunately, the time,
If you have been injured on the job in New Haven or Waterbury—a sprained back from lifting too many heavy boxes, a hand injury caused by a malfunctioning piece of factory equipment, even carpal-tunnel syndrome from typing for hours on end at a computer—you may wonder whether you are technically eligible to file a workers
