Your First Steps After Getting Injured On the Job
Your First Steps After Getting Injured On the Job
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What To Do After An Accident At Work
If you're injured in an accident at work, you'll probably be entitled to workers' compensation benefits. Nearly every employer is required by state law to provide workers' compensation insurance coverage for its employees.
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Making a Work-Related Accident Report
If you get hurt on the job, it's important that you understand your state’s workers’ compensation insurance system, since it may be your only means of receiving compensation. In this article, we'll explain the details of reporting an on-the-job injury, which is typically a prerequisite to filing a workers' compensation claim.
Your Workers' Compensation Claim
Your Workers' Compensation Claim
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Procedures for Filing a Workers' Compensation Claim
Workers’ compensation procedures differ from state to state, but the general concepts are similar. Most states’ workers’ compensation procedures involve the steps we'll describe in this article.
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How to Win Your Workers' Compensation Claim
Workers’ compensation insurance companies don’t like to pay on claims any more than they have to, and they are always coming up with new reasons to deny solid claims.
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Why Your Workers' Compensation Claim Could Be Denied
Workers’ compensation insurers deny many legitimate claims, forcing honest and innocent employees to hire a lawyer and navigate the workers’ compensation system to secure their benefits.