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 your medical care and provides…
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 claim, you should discuss the…
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 involves a situation where someone…
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 access to workers’ compensation benefits…
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 or other compensation recovered for…
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 a workplace injury. One advantage…
There are many reasons a person may quit a job. However, you should keep in mind that leaving an employer that owes you workers’ compensation benefits can complicate a pending workers’ compensation claim. Resigning from a company that is responsible for your workers’ compensation benefits should be a carefully considered decision. Your employer will inevitably argue…
