If you’ve suffered physically or mentally and cannot work for at least a year because of your physical disability (or mental illness), you may be eligible to receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. Even if you have not worked enough to qualify for benefits (or if you have not worked at all), you… Read more »
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What Do I Need to Know About Minnesota Permanent Partial Disability?
Mankaot Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Any kind of disability is not something you think about happening to you. But, unfortunately, it does happen. What makes it more confusing are the variables concerning permanent partial disability. The state you live in, the percentage of disability, the doctor, the insurance company all play into what compensation will be… Read more »
Mankato Carpal Tunnel Injury Attorneys
What Is Carpal Tunnel? Is an example of a Repetitive Stress Injury. Carpal tunnel syndrome is an excruciatingly painful and debilitating condition plaguing many individuals today. Wrist injuries make it both challenging and difficult to work and perform even the simplest tasks at times. These types of injuries can affect a person’s wrists, hands, and… Read more »
A Message from the Harvey & Carpenter Law Office: Coronavirus COVID-19 Update
We are open for business, both for our valued existing clients and for new ones. For the safety of our clients, our staff, and our community, we are taking special precautions regarding the coronavirus pandemic. We are conferring with clients by phone, scheduling telephone appointments, and we are communicating by mail, by email, and by… Read more »
Mankato Workers’ Compensation Claims for Nurses & Hospital Staff
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) reports that the state has nearly 495,300 workers in the health care and social assistance industries. We count on these people to take care of us, but rarely think about what might happen if they themselves were injured. However, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), health care workers… Read more »
New Minnesota Law Considered To Protect Workers Who Contract COVID-19
A new law is being considered to protect those who get COVID-19. The following individuals who get the disease are presumed to have obtain the disease due to work: Licensed peace officers, firefighters, paramedics, nurse or health care worker, correctional officer, security counselors employed by the state or at corrections, emergency medical technician (EMTs); a… Read more »
An Overview of Southern Minnesota Manufacturing and Factory Workers Compensation
According to Enterprise Minnesota, more than 8,300 manufacturers are located in the Gopher State. Enterprise Minnesota CEO Bob Kill also remarked that “Manufacturers form the bedrock of many Minnesota communities. They offer high-wage, high-skill jobs that create economic opportunity and stability for the present and future.” Minnesota factories do provide economic stability; however, they are also… Read more »
Do You Have the Right to Workers’ Compensation as an Undocumented Worker?
Southern Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Lawyers in Mankato, MN Undocumented workers fill the work roster in a number of industries in southern Minnesota. However, as they are not legal employees this makes them feel as though they are not entitled to any rights as a worker. If they get hurt at work, the undocumented worker feels… Read more »
What to Do If Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Insurance Stops Treatment
When you suffer an injury on the job, workers’ compensation insurance steps in and pays 2/3 of your wages and 100% of your injury related medical care. Sometimes, however, workers’ compensation insurance, in an effort to minimize its financial responsibility for your injuries, may stop treatment. Perhaps your doctor files a recommendation for a certain… Read more »
4 Ways to Protect Yourself from Worker’s Comp Retaliation
When you have been injured in the workplace, you would hope that your employer does everything they can to help with your recovery. Some employers throw ‘get well soon’ parties and help you through the worker’s comp claim process. But some employers go entirely in the wrong direction. You may find yourself blamed for your… Read more »