In New York, employees who suffer an on-the-job injury or develop an occupational illness are entitled to benefits through the workers’ compensation system. Workers’ comp benefits include medical treatment, lost wages, and survivor benefits. If you qualify for workers’ compensation, you may be curious: are your wage replacement payments considered taxable income? In most cases, […]

If you are injured on the job, and you hope to receive workers’ compensation benefits, you should be fully aware of the deadlines you must meet in order for your claim to be approved. Claims that are otherwise entirely valid are sometimes denied by the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board simply because the employee […]

If you have been injured on the job, and you are concerned that you will lose your job if you file a workers’ compensation claim, you should know that your employer cannot legally fire you for that reason. You are entitled to seek compensation for your injury, and if you are fired (or otherwise punished) […]

In recent years, private businesses have had about 1,000,000 reported incidents per year where workers have lost time to injury or illness. That doesn’t include government workers, and it doesn’t include cases where a worker ended up using general sick or leave time. Whether reported or not, these accidents have one thing in common: they […]

Is your workplace too loud?  Do you often have to shout or speak loudly to make yourself heard? Do you sometimes feel slightly deaf or having a ringing in your ears after leaving work? If so, you may be at risk of developing occupational hearing loss. Hearing damage is one of the most common workplace […]