Do not expect your employer to be your legal advisor if you are injured at work.

When injured at work, too many employees misunderstand the worker’s compensation laws. They assume their employer will handle everything for them, and help them assert their rights as an injured employee. Nothing can be further from the truth. Your employer is often times told by its worker’s compensation insurance company to stay out of the situation, and let them handle everything. Unfortunately, they are not handling everything for you, they are handling everything for themselves. This does not make your employer your enemy by any means. It simply means that when you are injured at work, you need a representative on your side, who can fully explain your rights under the system, and ensure that you receive your worker’s compensation weekly payments, that all of your medical bills related to the injury are paid, that you are able to see a specialist if required, and that if you suffer a permanent impairment, you are properly compensated for that. Therefore, if you are injured at work, call The Cooper Law Firm for help. We will be there for you, and we will be on your side.