Some of you reading this post may know that our employers should pay our medical bills if we are injured on the job. However, some may admit it or not, there are majority who wait until they have actually suffered an injury before attempting to learn what benefits are available to them and what they must do to obtain these benefits.
As a citizen working in a private or public establishment, you should know your right to claim compensation in as early as possible. A worker's compensation or sometimes referred as Workman's Compensation is a system of laws meant to depend injured employees and offer their right to allege accident claims. The law's main goal is to ensure that anyone who is injured at work receives proper and appropriate medical care, lost wages lifting to the on-the-job injury and, if needed, retraining and rehabilitation, so as to be able to return to the workforce in shape. When workers are killed on the job, members of the workers' families are usually entitled for settlement.
Normally, injured workers will benefit from consulting an attorney who can advise them in protecting their Worker's Compensation benefits and defending against the premature termination of benefits.
Your Right To Claim Compensation
Posted on February 29, 2008
by Hye
