No one wants to consider what might happen if they were injured at work, but it's to your benefit to be familiar with workers' compensation and how it works just in case. Learn all about workers' comp ...

Workers’ compensation, which provides financial support for employees injured on the job, can impact the amount you receive from Social Security. Specifically, if you’re receiving workers’ comp, your ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

February 15, 2024 - The objective of every workers' compensation system is to provide an injured worker with reasonable and necessary medical care and wage replacement while they recover from an ...

A lawyer's simplified guide with examples shows how a workers' comp doctrine is applied in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. With varying nuances, the central theme across the Southeast is consistent: ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Nearly 16 years ago, Greg Cody, an eighth grade social sciences teacher, injured his right shoulder while breaking up a fight between students at school. The Massapequa Park resident said he needed ...

On December 6, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul signed new legislation, S.6635/A.5745, to support employees facing job-related mental health issues. The law, which went into effect on January 1, 2025, will ...

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In Collins v. Wieland Copper Prods., LLC, _____ N.C. App. _____, 910 S.E.2d 373 (2024), the Court of Appeals held that a prior settlement agreement with an employee for a prior work injury did not bar ...