The reason employers must provide workers’ compensation insurance is to facilitate an employee returning to work following an accident or disease attributable to the person’s job activities. Ensuring injured workers receive proper medical care and are compensated for wages lost while they are out of...
The administrative hearing for an Arizona workers' compensation case can be a stressful experience. Briana Chua, who is a certified Arizona workers' compensation attorney, explains the process, how to prepare, and what to expect! ...
Most injuries under a workers' compensation claim are obvious. A slip and fall, machinery injury, etc. However, repetitive injuries are very important to understand and to have treated properly. In this video, Certified Arizona workers' compensation attorney Briana Chua explains what to consider in repetitive...
In this video, experienced Arizona workers' compensation attorney Briana Chua explains the nuances of preparing for your deposition. ...
The most important right in your workers’ compensation case is your right to medical care. With this right, your employer /carrier has to foot your medical bill until you have become fit. If it is a long-term illness, they would take care of the financing...
Getting an injury that prevents you from effectively working and earning a living is not something that anyone wishes for. Despite this, when you get an injury that prevents you from work, you can effectively make use of the workers’ compensation claim to get treatment...
The public has love hate relationships with all types of professions from politicians to law enforcement officials. Lawyers evoke the love - hate emotions as much if not more than these and most other professionals. People express their disdain of lawyers or the legal system...
Getting workers’ compensation for injury sustained during work has its own range of complexities. This has proved to be a fertile ground for the spread of myths regarding Arizona worker's compensation. These myths are quite harmful because taking them to heart and acting accordingly can...
Most people think that the only parties involved in a workers' compensation claim are the worker, the employer and the employer's insurer. However, co-workers can also be involved in the issue and there can also be third parties. Third parties become relevant if they are...
Nowadays, more and more employers are choosing to classify people who work for them as independent contractors to avoid paying payroll taxes and the premiums for their workers’ compensation insurance. The implication of this is that workers who are engaged as independent contractors will not...