If you have ever been injured at work, chances are you have had an encounter with workers’ compensation. However, even though that may be the case, a lot of people receive workers’ compensation without really understanding the full scope of what is available to them. A lot of people go through the process of receiving the compensation without getting everything that they should have gotten. This article will answer the question that many desired to ask, but didn’t want to seem ignorant: What is Workers Compensation?
Workers’ Compensation is defined legally as the monetary process where an employer is obligated to pay for the medical expenses and lost wages of an employee injured on the job. This includes the proper insurance, which is the worker’s compensation piece, and the liquid funds that must be paid to the employee. Worker’s compensation law varies from state to state. This article will look at the workers’ compensation process in the State of New York. Some parts of the process are generic among the states while the other parts are state-specific.
The employer is responsible for paying for the workers’ compensation insurance per employee. While the employee does not pay for this benefit, neither can he or she sue the employer the benefit. In this type of compensation, neither the employee nor the employer is considered to be at fault for the injury that occurs. However, there are cases where a third party may be at fault. In such cases, the third-party can be sued for personal injury, for example. The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board is the agency that sets the terms for how you will be paid, how much and what those benefits consist of.
Gilbert, Blaszcyk and Milburn are attorneys in New York who has been providing legal solutions concerning workers’ compensation for over 25 years. If you are experiencing anything related to workers’ compensation injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome, machine injuries or occupational illnesses, you may want to talk to a lawyer about the possibility of recovering personal injury as well as workers’ compensation.
