Getting hurt on the job is a massive personal inconvenience. You will have to worry about paying medical bills, in addition to finding a way to pay your household costs while you have to take a couple of weeks off of work. Most workers in Kentucky have the protection...
Most employers don’t want to terminate employees. If you’re one of the unfortunate employees being let go, you should know that not all terminations are lawful. Paying attention to the termination and the events leading up to it might help you determine whether it was...
Not everyone feels secure in their job. If you do not, you might worry about claiming workers’ compensation benefits after a workplace accident. While you may have valid reasons to worry about filing, based on the precariousness of your situation, or your employer’s...
Workers often face inappropriate retaliation if they assert their rights. For example, an injured worker who files a claim for workers' compensation benefits could find that their employer fires them during their leave of absence. Even those who return to their job...
Job injuries are an ever-present risk for workers in any industry. Nurses could throw out their backs lifting a patient, while factory workers could lose a limb to a machine. Whether you experienced a catastrophic injury or developed a repetitive stress injury, you...
Across the nation, it is both morally wrong and outright illegal to retaliate against an employee for filing a workers' compensation claim. Retaliation over a workers’ comp claim could result in harsh consequences for offenders. As you may know, workers’ compensation...
When you get hurt on the job, one of the first things that should happen is that your employer should report the injury and help you start your workers’ compensation claim. If they won’t do that, then they could be in violation of the law. In your workplace, your...
Workers in Kentucky shouldn’t have to worry about retaliation if they’re hurt on the job and want to seek workers’ compensation. Unfortunately, some employers do retaliate, because they see it as a personal offense or are unhappy about the worker reporting dangerous...
When you get hurt on the job, you will likely feel grateful for the availability of workers' compensation. After you report the incident to your employer, you can file a claim for benefits. These critical benefits will pay not only all of the medical costs associated...
Kentucky workers are accorded various rights under the law. These laws protect them from wrongful termination, wage discrimination, sexual harassment, disability discrimination and more. If a worker is injured on the job or suffers from an illness or condition from...
