How to Find the Best Worker’s Comp Attorney in Georgia
How to Find the Best Worker’s Comp Attorney in Georgia Looking for a workers comp lawyer in Georgia? Wondering how to choose the best one? If you’re considering hiring a workers comp attorney in Georgia, it’s important that you do your research first. Not all workers comp lawyers have what it takes to get you […]
Is an Insurance Company Refusing to Pay for Serious Work-Related Injuries?
Is an Insurance Company Refusing to Pay for Serious Work-Related Injuries? Work-related injuries and illnesses affected the lives of 2.9 million workers in 2016. Those numbers have risen 48,500 since 2016. When someone has an accident at work and it’s serious enough where work is missed and medical bills begin to pile up, it’s time to make […]
What You Need to Know About Filing a Worker’s Comp. Claim in Georgia
What You Need to Know About Filing a Worker’s Comp. Claim in Georgia One worker is injured on the job every 7 seconds. What do you do if it is you? What if it’s serious and you are out of work for a long time, or even permanently? How do you file a claim? What if […]
Why You Should Always Hire A Workers’ Comp Attorney
Why You Should Always Hire A Workers’ Comp Attorney 4,836 workers died as a result of work-related injuries in 2015. In 2016, 892,270 employees were injured on the job in the private sector. However, the actual number of injuries may be around 7.4 to 11.1 million in all sectors. Most injuries go unreported. Even if you don’t work […]
Drug Testing After a Work Injury: What You Need to Know
At times, an employee is faced with the dilemma of having been injured at work and the employer then demands a post-injury drug and alcohol screen. Employers do have the right to require an employee to submit to post-injury drug testing. Benefits can be denied even if the employee was injured in the course of […]
Changes to the Workers’ Compensation Act
Every year, the Georgia State Legislature in cooperation with the Chairman of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation passes legislation that in some way affects the Workers’ Compensation Act. Generally, once the legislation is passed and signed by the Governor, the new laws go into effect July 1st of that year. During the 2015 legislative […]