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Where Do You Purchase Workers’ Comp Insurance?
If you are a business owner or manager, you have no doubt heard of the importance of being able to provide workers’ compensation, which is the payment of medical expenses related to an injury sustained in the workplace, to employees. Moreover, to pay for these medical costs alone would be difficult for most companies,… Read More »
What is the Best Way to Handle an Injury at Work?
The ideal day at the office or on the job typically does not involve sustaining a bodily injury, but it does happen sometimes and this can create difficult circumstances for the injured individual. Thankfully, there is a system in place that allows the injured worker to receive financial compensation from the employer and its… Read More »
Do I Need a Workers’ Comp Lawyer to File a Claim?
You may have heard people talk about workers’ compensation lawsuits and how they seem to be prevalent in today’s world. These kinds of lawsuits arise when a company denies an employee’s right to receive financial benefits to cover medical costs in the aftermath of a workplace injury. Under normal circumstances, and indeed quite commonly,… Read More »
Who to Contact When Workers’ Comp Denies a Necessary Surgery
The workers’ compensation program in America was designed to help all employees that are injured while on the job. This help comes in the form of financial benefits given to the injured person to cover medical expenses related to the injury. Sometimes, an injury will be minor and require little medical attention and recovery… Read More »
What is Employer’s Liability Insurance?
General liability insurance is the kind of insurance that a business obtains to protect itself against lawsuits that may be filed against it by people who visit the office or place of business. Note that liability insurance does not prevent a person who filing the lawsuit, but rather passes the payment of legal fees,… Read More »
Is Workers’ Compensation the Same as Liability Insurance?
Although they may seem similar on the surface, workers’ compensation insurance is not the same as liability insurance. It is common for most businesses to own both of these kinds of insurance and that is because they do not cover the same incidents. Understanding these differences is key to understanding why both are important… Read More »
Do I Need Workers’ Compensation Insurance?
Any time that an employee of a company is injured while on the job, they have the right to receive financial compensation for their medical expenses. This funding, known as workers’ compensation, is a right granted to any working person and therefore could ordinarily be costly for an employing company. This is where the… Read More »
What is the Goal of Workers’ Compensation?
If you have been injured on the job, you may have heard the term workers’ compensation used with regards to how you should pay for your injuries. In short, this is the exact goal of the workers’ compensation program: to provide financial security and funding to injured employees in order to cover medical expenses…. Read More »
What’s Ahead in Health Care Workers’ Compensation?
Any time that a person is injured while on the job, that person is entitled to receive financial compensation to cover medical costs. This is, of course, a right extended to all employees, but it is much more prevalent in certain fields where workplace injuries are more common than others. Health care is a… Read More »
Protecting Employees: Workers’ Compensation vs. Health Insurance
A just company will want to do their best to protect the rights and financial security of employees and there are many ways to support this. The vast majority of companies will provide health insurance, or at least pay for most of it, and all companies must legally provide workers’ compensation insurance to all… Read More »
