Workers' compensation is a type of insurance for employees that experience a work-related illness or injury. The arrangement can be a financial lifesaver for a household as the worker recuperates. However, workers' comp claims can negatively impact an employer through...
When your employer refuses to help with your workers’ comp claim
Your employer has an obligation to provide a safe workplace and respond appropriately to injuries that occur on the job. Unfortunately, you can not always rely on your employer to follow the law when you get hurt at work. Sometimes, an employer refuses to cooperate...
Is your employer refusing to help with a workers’ comp claim?
As in other states, Missouri law requires that most employers purchase workers’ compensation insurance if they have multiple employees. If you have experienced an injury on the job, your employer’s workers’ comp policy may entitle you to payment for medical bills as...
Does workers’ comp cover hospital diseases?
Routine job responsibilities expose health care workers to a wide range of infectious diseases. When employees contract a communicable or contagious disease such as HIV or hepatitis from the patients they care for, they have a right to file for workers’ compensation. ...
What does my employers workers’ compensation insurance cover?
Suffering an injury at your Missouri workplace or learning that you have an illness that is the result of your job can be a daunting experience. In addition to the pain you are dealing with, you must also deal with the financial fallout that comes with days missed...
Falling down on safety leads to higher chance of job site falls
Construction sites can be inherently dangerous places to work, but that does not mean that the men and women employed in this field do not have the right to a reasonably safe workplace. In fact, implementing and enforcing safety measures can greatly reduce the chance...
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