A rehabilitation program is designed to assist an individual who has sustained some type of injury in reaching maximum medical improvement. The goal of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) is to help an injured/disabled individual return to work. In the event that an individual is injured at work and is unable to return to his or her […]

You suffered an injury at work. You’ve been off work for a few days or weeks to recoup. You aren’t sure when you should go back. It’s not an uncommon situation for people to feel they must go back to work immediately for fear of losing their job. Luckily, you have rights that protect you. […]

In the U.S., more than 2.8 million people are injured on the job every year. Thousands of those who are injured suffer from nerve damage as a result of the work-related accident. They are injured in different types of accidents. They fall off of ladders and scaffolding, they injure their backs when they lift heavy […]

Every year in the U.S., thousands of people are injured due to a fire at their workplace. Some are injured so severely that they will never return to work. Life, as they knew it before the accident, will never be the same. They will suffer physical and emotional scars that will stay with them forever. […]

In New York, when an employee becomes injured or sick at work, there are many things going on all at once. The employee is gaining medical attention from their regular doctor or from an emergency room if the accident is serious and they need immediate medical attention. Also, the employer is being informed about the […]