Blog: Workers’ Compensation

Guidance from a Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Attorney Although the concept behind workers’ compensation is simple, it can become complicated when there is not a clear delineation of who is the employer and who is the employee. Due to more flexible business models, independent contractors, and third-party temp agencies, the traditional employer/employee model is changing, and it will …

If you are considered an employee at your place of employment in Connecticut, then there is a high chance you are covered by your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance policy. In fact, under Connecticut workers’ compensation law, any business with one or more full-time, part-time, or contracted employee is required to purchase workers’ compensation insurance, unless …

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, …

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 …