Paperwork and claim filing protocols aren't first thoughts for employees hurt in work-related accidents. A worker and his or her family's focus are concentrated rightly upon health concerns. However urgent a work accident victim's health condition is, compensation is needed to foot the bills that follow a Raleigh workplace injury. Obtaining medical treatment is a [...]

Employers must provide, and injured employees must accept, all reasonable medical, surgical, hospital, nursing, and rehabilitative services, including but not limited to, attendant care services and vocational rehabilitations prescribed by a health care provider and authorized by the employer or by the Industrial Commission. The costs of medical compensation are in addition to the disability [...]

In some cases, an injured worker does not need to hire an attorney. If the insurance company accepts the employees injury and provides the necessary medical treatment and pays disability benefits then an attorney may not be needed. However, you should consult an attorney if: Your claim has been denied; The insurance company is not [...]

Trying to understand your rights as an employee under the Workers' Compensation Act can be difficult and confusing. We'll break down the law in two parts, Part I discusses injuries and occupational diseases covered in the Act and liability. INJURY BY ACCIDENT Injury by Accident Defined: an accident involves the interruption of the work routine, [...]

In North Carolina workers in the manufacturing and production industry face hazardous work environments on a daily basis. North Carolina law allows you to obtain benefits in order to make sure a work injury does not prevent you from making a living. A factory worker who is hurt in North Carolina may be able to [...]

Older workers make up less than a quarter of the workforce, but in 2015, workers 55 and older accounted for nearly 35 percent of all fatal workplace accidents. As we discussed in a previous post, this is happening at a time when overall workplace fatalities are dropping. The workplace fatality rate among those 55 and [...]

You have a right to refuse work that puts you in danger. If you talk to your employer about a situation at work, like an exposed blade or other dangers, your employer should attempt to resolve that issue and keep you safe. If he or she will not address the hazard, then you can issue [...]

Are you covered under Workers' Compensation if you are injured while coming to or leaving work? What about entering or exiting the premises?  To be compensable, an injury must be linked to the employment.  "Arising in the course of" employment means the employee was doing work for the employer, and there is some causal connection [...]