Category: Workers’ Compensation

Many employees rely on workers comp to provide them with assistance in the event they are injured at work. While some injuries are relatively simple with no long-term side effects, others take years to recover from (if at all).

So how can you be sure that you will receive workers compensation benefits long enough to fully recover from your injuries? How long does workers comp last?

At The Law Office of Brian D. Tadros, it’s important to us that all injured workers are given accurate information regarding their workers compensation claim so they can make educated decisions.

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It’s difficult to focus on recovery when your job is in jeopardy.

In this article, we answer the question, “Can you be fired while on workers comp?”

Many employees who become injured in a work related accident find themselves unable to complete their regular job duties. As a result, they are either put to work in a different capacity or forced to stay home until they have recovered.

But if this has happened to you, you know that sitting at home watching daytime television is not always the paradise it’s cracked up to be. Mounting bills, difficulty getting around, and a heavy dose of stress may even have you itching to get back to work again.

In fact, you may be very busy asking yourself, “Am I going to be fired for this?”

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Car accidents happen to everyone.

But what happens if you get into a car accident while on the job?

There are a lot of ways to get injured at work: a forgotten hard hat, an unsecured rug, or even overexertion. But one that’s most consistently overlooked is one of the most common causes of injury out of work: car accidents.

Even during the entirety of 2020 (a year when many people were staying home), there were more than 140,000 crashes that caused injury to drivers and their passengers.

While you might be aware of the steps to take following a crash, do you know how it affects you if you get in a car accident while on the job? Read more

If you’ve been injured in a work-related accident, you probably have several questions…

The most important of which is: “What does workers comp cover?”

No matter how diligent you might be about preventing workplace accidents, they sometimes happen anyway.

That’s the nature of accidental injuries: you don’t usually get a warning that your lifestyle and physical condition are about to drastically change. Which means, when you do get injured, you might be left with dozens of questions about the workers’ comp process.

One of the most important ones being, “What does workers comp cover?” Read more