To be able to claim financial compensation for your job-related injury or illness, you would require evidence to prove – the cause of your injury, and the extent of your financial and non- financial losses Workers’ compensation is a “no-fault” system but you still need to prove that your injury or illness...
When you are injured on the job and need help, we have a list of useful links and apps to help you. Start at the Industrial Commission of Arizona (ICA) and click on each of the bolded underlined links for the information you need. The Industrial...
While everyone has been recovering from recent holiday events and the celebration of the New Year, plus paying the resulting bills, a few things happened in the news concerning workers. Let us start with wages. Minimum Wage Increase When Proposition 206, called the Fair Wages and Health...
Addiction to drugs, particularly pain-killer drugs known as opioids, has become a big issue nationwide in the last few years. Some of the common prescription opioids are Oxycodone, also called Oxycontin, Percodan, or Percocet; Hydrocodone, also called Vicodin, Lortab, Lorcet, Norco, or Zohydro; Morphine, Fentanyl,...
Slips and falls are the most common workplace injuries. They may not prove fatal but they account for most of the injuries that cause missed workdays. A slip and fall may result in many different injuries, such as broken bones, sprains, spinal injuries, dislocations, strains, lacerations, and even traumatic...
The short answer to whether an Arizona employer can hire an illegal or undocumented immigrant is no. It is possible that either type of immigrant may apply for a job without the employer knowing the citizenship status of the applicant and who may interview that...
Post-traumatic stress disease (PTSD) is often connected with those who are serving in the military in combat zones, who also see action during their deployment. Many can handle the various scenarios that occur during a full-out firefight, but others may have very troubling experiences, particularly...
No matter where you are found while working for your employer, if you are injured, you will still be covered under workers’ compensation. The most common away-from-work injuries occur through transportation accidents, whether it be driving trucks for transporting products and materials, flying to a...
The foremost thing is to not quit your job until you fully understand the impact of such a move on your workers’ compensation claim! Seek legal advice from a local worker’s compensation lawyer right away. Many injured workers think of quitting their jobs, after a work-related...
No one ever wants to think about death and the devastation that occurs for the family and friends connected to that worker. Yet, it can happen under even the safest conditions. Construction and heavy machine workers know that following safety regulations are paramount to staying safe...
