When you have health insurance and become unhappy with your doctor, you can usually switch to another physician. However, when you’ve suffered an injury on the job and are dealing with workers' compensation, the situation is not as simple. What do you do if you are unsatisfied with the doctor? Most states require companies to carry workers’ compensation insurance to care for … [Read more...]
How to Recognize and Prevent Cold Hazard Work Injuries
The harsh winter months are here and for many outdoor workers, such as construction workers, it can be brutal as well as incredibly dangerous if certain precautions are not followed. Hopefully, you work for an employer that recognizes the dangers of the extreme cold and takes them seriously, but this is not the case for everyone. Below are several tips for recognizing and … [Read more...]
Proper Steps to Filing a Work Injury Claim
When a person experiences an injury at work, it can be stressful and complicated to resolve. Sometimes the injury results in loss of hours, or even a loss of one’s mental or physical health. Acting quickly and appropriately in filing a work injury claim is necessary to speed up the process of receiving financial help with medical bills or other compensation that may be owed … [Read more...]
Florida’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Has Fallen Below Recommended Levels
Florida’s unemployment insurance trust fund could be in trouble if unemployment rates were to rise again to 2007–2009 levels because, according to a National Employment Law Project attorney, the trust fund has fallen below where its levels are recommended. As an expert in unemployment insurance, Rick McHugh says, “Florida has a poorly financed program and one of the … [Read more...]
Is Workers’ Compensation Affected by Pre-Existing Conditions?
Day after day, another employee is unfairly denied workers’ compensation insurance due to a pre-existing condition. Any injury that occurs at work should legally be covered under workers’ compensation regardless of a pre-existing condition or not. Unfortunately, insurance companies, employers and the physicians that the insurers use often try to deny workers’ compensation … [Read more...]
