Workers Compensation

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION:

What happens when an employee is injured on the job? For these types of cases, New York State (and most other states) has adopted a no-fault system called workers’ compensation. In workers’ compensation cases, an administrative board decides if the injury was sustained in the course of employment, and, if it was, the worker will receive a fixed award, predetermined by a regulated schedule, for both wage replacement and medical expenses. A worker is not required to hire an attorney, although many do.