Posts Categorized Workers Compensation

The workers’ compensation system is in place to provide benefits to workers who have been injured on the job. Obtaining the benefits you are entitled to is not always an easy task, though. It is essential to familiarize yourself with the workers’ compensation system because one of the last things you want to happen in… Read more »

There are several parts to the workers’ compensation process that you will likely have questions about, but often the most confusing is how wage loss benefits work. As it suggests at face value, wage loss benefits cover lost wages that you suffered because of a work accident. You missed work because you got injured at… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »