In Georgia, if you are injured while on the job your employer is required to pay workers’ compensation benefits to compensate for lost wages and medical expenses. Georgia also considers workers’ comp to be an exclusive remedy barring you from filing a separate lawsuit against
Workplace fights happen all the time. Periodically, one or both parties get injured during the altercation. Workers’ compensation kicks in almost any time a worker is injured on the job. A fundamental rule is provided by O.C.G.A. §34-9-1(4) states a work injury must arise out
As the number of older Americans increase in the workforce, a question that often comes up is can you claim workers’ compensation if you have Medicare? The answer is yes, but the process is a little different. Federally funded Medicare provides benefits to those aged
Georgia has a no-fault workers’ compensation system, meaning if your injury happened while you were on the job, you have the right to receive benefits. A claim usually isn’t denied for negligence no matter how severe--unless the employer claims there was willful misconduct involved, meaning
Summertime in Georgia can be hot. Really hot. With a subtropical, humid climate our summertime temperatures often exceed 95 degrees. Which presents additional risks for anyone who must work outside where they could develop a heat-related illness. Heat related-injuries are almost always avoidable with increased
Over the last couple of weeks, we have discussed issues in both employee and employer workers’ comp fraud. The main premise that stands out is that workers’ compensation fraud is expensive at around $7.2 billion a year, and despite the incorrect public perception that employees
In our last blog, we discussed the tricky ways employers use to commit workers’ compensation fraud. Today, we will look at why employee fraud occurs less than one percent of time and is not a significant problem, despite the rumor mill that circulates saying otherwise. The
Workers’ Compensation is full of insurance fraud. And it comes in all shapes and sizes. When you hear the phrase “workers’ comp fraud” the picture that comes to mind for most is an employee faking a work injury for financial gain and maybe a few
Exposure to certain substances in the workplace can lead to occupational diseases like cancer, or chronic lung disease. And it can take years after the exposure for these diseases to manifest themselves. Still, most statutes only address specific defined diseases and many states carry a
As discussed in Part One of our series, marijuana is becoming more socially acceptable as it becomes decriminalized and legalized for certain purposes. But on a whole, there hasn’t been a lot of change in drug free workplace policies. One reason for this is that