It is usually against the law for an employer to terminate an employee solely because the employee has filed a workers' compensation claim. Most states grant legal protection to employees who have filed workers' compensation claims, except for Georgia, Mississippi and...
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Workers’ compensation for back and spine injuries in Mississippi
A back or spine injury during your employment can be highly traumatic. There are several occupations where employees are at higher risk of sustaining this type of injury, such as employees who perform manual labor and transport heavy equipment. Back and spine injuries...
Am I eligible for workers’ compensation benefits?
A work-related injury promises to prevent you from working for several weeks. With this development, you wonder whether you are eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. Your eligibility primarily comes down to employment status and whether your injury was...
What workers’ compensation can provide to injured workers
Workers' compensation benefits in Mississippi are a valuable resource available to injured workers that can help them through a vulnerable period in their lives following a workplace injury. Workers' compensation benefits can help injured workers with many of the...
What workers can do if they have suffered catastrophic injury
It is one thing to be hurt at work but when workers suffer serious and catastrophic injuries on the job, their livelihood and future may be implicated for the long term. Workers' compensation benefits are an important type of benefit available to injured workers to...
The important steps to take following workplace accident
After a worker has been injured in the workplace, it is important for them to know what to do and where they can turn. Workers' compensation benefits are a valuable resource that injured workers should know how to obtain when they find themselves facing time away from...
Important details about workers’ compensation benefits
Workers' compensation benefits can be an essential lifeline to help get injured workers and their families through the aftermath of a workplace injury. The benefits available to them can help meet their medical and wage-loss needs during a difficult time as they...
What types of workers’ compensation benefits are available?
There are certain benefits that employees are entitled to, and some sere as a protection for injured workers. Workers' compensation is very valuable for injured working, and one should be familiar with each of the different types of benefits that may be available to...
Workers’ compensation basics for Mississippians
Workers' compensation benefits are available to Mississippians suffering from a workplace illness or injury. Occupational illnesses can occur because of hazardous exposure on the job and occupational injuries can include a variety of injuries that occur on the job...
What happens if workers’ compensation is denied?
When a claim for workers' compensation benefits has been denied, it can be devastating for the injured worker and their family. As a consequence, it is important for injured workers and their families to be familiar with workers' compensation appeals options and the...