From Valentine's Day to American Heart Month, February is all about the heart. This heart-centric celebration of love and focus on cardiovascular health is an opportune time to refresh your understanding of workers’ compensation for heart-related emergencies. If a heart attack or stroke happens on
So you started a new job, but suffer from an ongoing health problem such as arthritis or back pain. Is your employer required to provide workers’ compensation benefits for these pre-existing conditions? Short answer: it depends. Pre-existing conditions complicate workers’ compensation claims since it is
New years often come with new changes. Whether you are starting a new job or heading back into the workplace following the winter holidays, it is important to understand your options in the event of an on-the-job injury. As we enter into 2023, here is
While cold weather might signal the arrival of the holiday season, it also ushers in a whole slew of problems when it comes to workplace safety. Although Georgia doesn’t normally experience severe winter weather conditions, something as simple as black ice could result in a
As the holiday season approaches, it is very common for many folks to take on an additional job. These seasonal workers tend to be individuals who only work for a company for a short duration of time over the holiday season to help with the
In previous blogs, we’ve discussed disability severity classifications, catastrophic injury designations, and on-the-job fatality realities, but what encompasses the non-catastrophic injury? Non-catastrophic injuries are those which one can expect to recover from. The determining factor is not the severity, but the recoverability of the injury. Common
If you were recently injured at work, you probably have a lot of questions about the workers’ compensation system—as an employee, what are my rights? What are the correct procedures for getting medical attention, filing claims, and returning to work? Poirier Law Firm is here
Workers’ compensation, like any practice of law, is an ever-changing industry with new amendments to rules and regulations each year. In Georgia, the State Board of Workers’ Compensation outlines 388 rules pertaining to every aspect of workers’ compensation—from employee rights to employer duties and physician
Slips, trips, and falls are amongst the most common types of work-related accidents causing detrimental injuries that can displace workers from their jobs for long periods of time. It’s important that if you are injured on the job due to a fall, you contact a
As an injured worker filing a workers’ compensation case, is your medical information actually private? Under Georgia law, possibly not. If you were recently hurt on the job and filed a workers’ compensation case, the last thing you would want is for third-party players to gain