What You Need to Know About Filing a Worker’s Comp. Claim in Georgia One worker is injured on the job every 7 seconds. What do you do if it is you? What if it’s serious and you are out of work for a long time, or even permanently? How do you…
Why You Should Always Hire A Workers’ Comp Attorney 4,836 workers died as a result of work-related injuries in 2015. In 2016, 892,270 employees were injured on the job in the private sector. However, the actual number of injuries may be around 7.4 to 11.1 million in all sectors. Most injuries go unreported.…
At times, an employee is faced with the dilemma of having been injured at work and the employer then demands a post-injury drug and alcohol screen. Employers do have the right to require an employee to submit to post-injury drug testing. Benefits can be denied even if the employee was…
Every year, the Georgia State Legislature in cooperation with the Chairman of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation passes legislation that in some way affects the Workers’ Compensation Act. Generally, once the legislation is passed and signed by the Governor, the new laws go into effect July 1st of that…
