SAS, a Cary based company, was recently ranked as the number 1 company to work for in Fortune Magazine’s top 100 best places to work. SAS treats their employees very well in offering an array of benefits. It’s also no coincidence that even in a down economy, SAS continues to grow both in number of […]
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing new reporting requirements for Occupational Diseases. The term occupational disease can mean “disease” as it is commonly used. However, more commonly occupational diseases refer to repetitive motion injuries. Go to the following to read more about OSHA’s new proposal and the business lobby’s opposition: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/58cf3426-1046-11df-841f-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1.
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As soon as you are injured at work, report it to your supervisor. Your rights under the Worker’s Compensation Act can be jeopardized if you fail to give notice to your employer. If possible, give written notice and keep a copy for yourself. When it comes to notice, the general rule of thumb is the
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All Worker’s Compensation claims in NC are handled through the North Carolina Industrial Commission. Worker’s Compensation claims are not handled in the normal civil court system that most people are familiar with: judges, juries, etc. The Industrial Commission is comprised of multiple administrative levels of appeal. When there are disputes, those issues are handled in
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Every year a high percentage of Worker’s Compensation Claims are mediated. Mediation is essentially an informal settlement conference. All parties gather in one location and discuss the strength’s and weakness of their respective cases. This happens in front of a mediator and is called the general session. After this general session, the parties break up
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Often times an injured worker will be asked to sign FMLA paperwork. A question that often arises is what benefits does the FMLA provide. The Family Medical and Leave Act (FMLA) was enacted to prevent an employer from terminating an employee for a certain period of time while they are out of work for a
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If you have the kind of claim where the insurance company is paying your benefits, and you’re unable to return to your employer, you may be shoved into the world of Vocational Rehabilitation (Voc Rehab). You’ll be told that a counselor will be assigned to you to help you get back to work . .
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Tell your doctor EVERYTHING! One problem I routinely run in to is lack of documentation in an injured worker’s medical records. My client will do a wonderful job detailing all of their injuries when they talk to me. Then, when I get the corresponding medical record, the first sentence says “Patient is doing fine”. This
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Forms, forms, and more forms. If there is one certainty about Worker’s Compensation Law, it’s that virtually everything is addressed by one form or another. If you get one in the mail from your employer, the insurance company, or the insurance company’s attorney, do not take it lightly. Failure to either properly fill out or
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I represent a lot of people who injure their backs. Many of those individuals end up with something called a herniated disc. It is amazing to me that there is so little explanation to my clients of what a herniated disc is and how to treat it. This lack of information can lead to confusion
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