Employees who are injured while working are entitled to file workers' compensation claims through their employers' insurance providers. While workers' compensation offers several benefits, including coverage for medical expenses, a percentage of the income losses the...
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Workers’ Compensation
Does your employer get to pick your doctor for workers’ comp?
Workplace injuries often fall into two distinct categories. Many workplace injuries may just require first aid and probably a brief rest for the worker involved, with a few other consequences. Some workplace accidents become lost time events, meaning that they...
What should you expect from a workers’ compensation settlement?
In Pennsylvania, workers’ compensation settlements are more formally known as compromise and release agreements. These compromise and release agreements usually make the plaintiff agree to give up all workers’ compensation rights in exchange for a lump sum payout....
How workers’ compensation can help you if you are injured
Most Pennsylvania employers are required to carry workers' compensation insurance, which can protect you financially if you are injured on the job or become ill because of exposure to something hazardous in your workplace. Workers' compensation covers you from your...
Does an employer have to support you after an injury on the job?
Whether you work in the manufacturing, retail, medical or transportation sector, getting hurt at work can quickly cause a lot of issues. You might need to leave in the middle of your shift to get medical care, and if your injury is serious enough, you may not be able...
The one employee mistake that could end a workers’ comp claim
If you get hurt on the job badly enough to need medical care or time off of work in Pennsylvania, you will typically file a workers' compensation claim. Even if you have health insurance or private short-term disability coverage, workers' compensation benefits are...
What workers’ compensation doesn’t cover
Workers' compensation provides benefits to employees for injuries they sustain on the job. If a worker qualifies for workers' comp, he or she can receive benefits for lost wages, medical costs and other expenses. However, residents of Pennsylvania and other states...
Getting treatment after a workplace accident
Most Pennsylvania employers are required to carry workers' compensation insurance. If you are injured at work, you may be eligible to receive a financial award to help pay for medical bills and lost wages. Let's take a closer look at the process that you'll likely...
Manufacturing workplace injuries and workers’ compensation
The National Safety Council submitted a 2017 investigative report stating that 99.7% of manufacturing workplace injuries are non-fatal. These are injuries include sprains, strains, tears, cuts, lacerations, punctures, soreness, pain, fractures, bruises and contusions....
3 ways an attorney can help with your workers’ comp claim
You may not think you need an attorney after you’ve suffered a workplace injury. Your employer has probably given you everything you need to begin your claim for workers’ compensation benefits. Besides, can you really afford legal representation, especially if your...
