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Protecting Your Health and Rights After Getting Hurt On The Job

After an employee injury occurs at work, it begins a complicated series of events that can last for several weeks or even months. The worker may have had to see a doctor that same day, completed paperwork to file for a worker’s compensation claim, and now has to nurse themselves back to health with financial […]

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Can Volunteers File Workers’ Compensation Claims?

When an employee injures him or herself while performing job-related tasks, then he or she probably has a claim to workers’ compensation benefits. These are benefits that help pay for lost wages and medical costs associated with the injury. Normally, workers’ compensation laws apply to employees who are receiving some form of payment for his

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Is a Lawsuit an Option When Workers’ Compensation Applies?

  If you are injured as a result of something out of your control, there is almost always a way to get compensation for the damages. If the injury happens while working, then Workers’ Compensation is the system set up to ensure workers become whole again. However, the most traditional way to receive compensation is

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World Trade Center Registry Filing Deadline Extended to September 11, 2022

The World Trade Center Registry preserves the rights to workers’ compensation for those who performed rescue, recovery and cleanup after the World Trade Center attacks. Previously, in order to protect the right to claim benefits, paid workers and volunteers were required to register their participation with the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board by September

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Seventh Circuit Ruling on the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) of 1967, employers cannot discriminate against older workers, including employment practices and hiring policies that have a “disparate impact” on older workers (workers who are over 40 years of age). A “disparate impact” means that, while the policy might not intentionally try to discriminate against older workers,

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