Nearly all businesses with employees are required to have workers’ compensation insurance. Workers’ comp covers medical expenses and lost wages when employees are injured on the job or develop a ...

Workers’ compensation stress claims can be, well, stressful. Both the employee who has filed the claim and the employer who must handle it experience frustrations. Also, stress claims (also called ...

Slip and fall accidents remain one of the most common causes of workplace injuries, particularly during winter months when ice, snow, and ...

When an employee suffers a workplace injury that prevents him from continuing work, worker's compensation insurance provides compensation and medical support. Worker's compensation insurance programs ...

A workers' compensation settlement covers several costs incurred when an employee is injured. Learn about the workers' compensation settlement process.

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Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

The timeline from a workplace injury to filing a formal workman's compensation claim varies by state. These laws usually place more burden on employers to file paperwork and inform injured workers of ...

Q: We’re getting a rash of workers’ comp claims from our telecommuting employees. When the first claim arrived, we honored it. Word spread through our workforce, and more claims arrived. We suspect ...

Employers, employees and insurance companies all play a role in the workers’ compensation claims process. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...