Workers' compensation ensures injured employees have access to medical care and income as they heal. While employers may be eager for you to return, they cannot force you to come back before you are physically able. Who decides when you are ready to return to work?...
After suffering an injury on the job, workers’ compensation provides financial support for employees who are unable to work. Employers have a responsibility to provide workers’ compensation coverage for employees. Employees also have responsibilities when it comes to...
Fatal occupational work injuries decreased significantly in 2020. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, fatal injuries fell 10.7 percent from 2019 to 2020. Still, 2020 saw 4,764 occupational fatalities. To put it another way, a fatality occurred every 111...
Georgia workers who sustain injuries while performing their jobs may receive workers' compensation benefits covering their medical bills and wages. However, benefit payments do not continue indefinitely. These are some reasons your coverage may abruptly end even if...
Workers’ compensation is a no-fault system. Injured employees can receive benefits regardless of whether the employer, a coworker or the employee themselves caused the accident. Because of this, workers generally cannot sue within their own company for work-related...
Getting hurt on the job can result in costly medical bills and disrupt your livelihood. This is why Georgia businesses with three or more employees must have workers' compensation insurance. Not all injured workers file claims, however. The reasons for this vary. Fear...
In this post we will look at the so-called "coming and going" rule and also third-party negligence lawsuits. What is the going and coming rule? While many assume that commuting to and from work is a job responsibility, the going and coming rule essentially states that...
Some workplace injuries develop over months or years. You might not realize the extent of the injury until the pain becomes impossible to ignore. This is often the case with repetitive motion injuries. Georgia, like most U.S. states, allows workers' compensation...
Most Georgia employers are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance. When an employee is injured on the job, the insurance company has an obligation to pay for the injured employee’s benefits, including medical bills, wage replacement and vocational...
If you get injured at work, your life may undergo many changes. One of these changes may be that you are unable to go back to work or work as much as you used to. To give injured workers relief, the Georgia workers’ compensation system provides income benefits....