Suffering an on-the-job injury can be both painful and disruptive for any employee. However, if you work for a company with at least three employees, North Carolina law requires your employer to provide workers’ compensation insurance to provide benefits if you are injured while working. Workers’ compensation insurance pays for…
If you have been injured on the job as the result of an accident or occupational disease and cannot work, you may be eligible for workers’ comp benefits including disability payments and medical bills. However, if you are considering taking a new job while you have an open workers’ comp…
If you receive workers’ comp benefits and pursue a personal injury claim against the third party that negligently caused the work accident, the workers’ comp insurance provider will make a claim against any settlement or court award you receive from the third party personal injury claim. A third party claim…
Algunos empleadores sin escrúpulos responden a un accidente laboral amenazando con denunciar a un trabajador indocumentado al control de inmigración si reclama beneficios de compensación laboral. Si es un trabajador indocumentado en Carolina del Norte, tiene todos los derechos y recursos legales proporcionados por las leyes federales y estatales, incluyendo…
Some unscrupulous employers respond to a workplace accident by threatening to report an undocumented worker to immigration control if they claim workers’ compensation benefits. If you are an undocumented worker in North Carolina, you have all of the legal rights and remedies provided by both federal and state law, including…
Suffering a severe or disabling injury can put an incredible strain on a marriage. The caretaker burden placed on a spouse and the diminished lifestyle can cause a couple to split up and divorce. What happens then to the proceeds from a workers’ compensation settlement obtained for a workplace injury…
Obtaining workers’ compensation insurance payments requires meeting several deadlines, including a 30-day deadline to notify your employer of a work-related injury or illness and a two-year statute of limitations on filing a claim. Missing a filing deadline can jeopardize your claim and cost you needed benefits as you recover from…
