July 26th, 2010A Reader Asks This Question:
My mother was attacked at work by a co worker who was just told she was fired and thought my mom has something to do with it. This hostile coworker has been harassing my mother for months. Some occassions the lady has just blatantly cursed my mom out and nothing happened to her.
My mom put in her two weeks notice. Iit was then that the manager said he would fire the [...] Continue Reading…
July 23rd, 2010State laws that address employees hurt while working are usually called workers compensation laws. Before these laws were written, a worker hurt at work would file a traditional lawsuit against their employer to receive payments for their injury. These lawsuits were challenging because the courts weren’t always persuaded that an employer’s negligence caused the worker’s injury. If a court did find for an employee, the employer would be ordered to pay “make whole” damages to [...] Continue Reading…
July 22nd, 2010Your employer is required by law to carry workers compensation insurance for all of his employees. This way if an employee is injured on the job, the insurance company can pay for it in full. If you will be out of work for a while, because of the injury, you will need a workers compensation attorney, and you should know what workers compensation attorneys cost.
A workers compensation attorney should not bill you a single penny, [...] Continue Reading…
