You must understand the workers' compensation process if you receive an injury on the job. According to Mass.gov, any work-related injury qualifies you for medical benefits. Massachusetts requires workers’ compensation for every employer in the state. Continue reading...
How can you support your workers’ compensation claim?
If you get hurt on the job, you want to be sure that the state workers’ compensation system will pay for your medical bills. One of the first steps you must take is to file a claim using Form 110. Massachusetts also requires workers to file a copy of one item of...
How to proceed when you receive a workers’ compensation denial
Massachusetts requires all employers to carry workers' compensation insurance covering full and part-time employees. However, claim denials can happen for various reasons, leaving workers and their families unable to rely on this benefit. Knowing how to proceed when...
Proving your back injury deserves workers’ compensation
Back injuries on the job may affect the rest of your life. Massachusetts General Laws c.152 § 25A states that all employers must offer workers’ compensation insurance to their employees. However, there are various ways your employer might attempt to block or...
Remote employees are eligible for workers’ compensation
Even when your home is also your office, your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance could still cover your care if you sustain an injury. Knowing your rights as an employee can help you get the coverage you deserve if you injure yourself on the job. What...
Am I eligible for workers’ compensation benefits?
Workers’ compensation provides benefits for injuries you suffer at work. The very basic requirements to receive benefits include suffering an injury while on the job and being an employee of the company. However, Mass.gov explains there are also specific requirements...
Warehouse employer’s focus on productivity raising injury rates
Warehouse employees make their living in dangerous environments. The physical, fast-paced, nature of warehouse work can easily lead to injuries or fatalities on the job. Research shows that the injury rates seen in some U.S. warehouses are much higher than they are in...
What financial benefits does workers’ compensation offer
You may be aware that your job provides workers’ compensation for injured workers. But what you might not realize is the scope of those benefits. Workers’ compensation law provides protections for certain employees to help them mitigate the financial and physical...
Work-related carpal tunnel leads to 120,000 surgeries annually
When you make your living in a Massachusetts office, on an assembly line or in a similar environment where you repeat the same tasks, you may develop work-related repetitive motion injuries. Such injuries, which often lead to musculoskeletal disorders, are a major...
Health care workers face high risk of lift-related injury
Medical patients often lack mobility, and if part of your job duty involves shifting or moving immobile patients, you may face high injury risks as a result. Heavy lifting often leads to back, musculoskeletal and other injuries, some of which may have a serious impact...
