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Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (40) Can I still bring a claim for workers compensation benefits if I did not immediately file an Injury Report?
Can I still bring a claim for workers compensation benefits if I did not immediately file an injury report? First off, it is not an accident report that is to be filed, it is an INJURY report. This is not just a matter of semantics. Per Alabama law, employers are to file an injury report Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (39) Can I still bring a workers compensation claim if I tested positive for drugs?
Can I still bring a workers compensation claim if I tested positive for drugs? Taking illegal drugs, or misusing prescription drugs, is against the law–we all know this. If you suffered a job injury because you were under the effects of an illegal drug, or because you were abusing a legally prescribed drug or alcohol, Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (37) Do I have to see the Company Doctor?
Do I have to see the company doctor? While you are free to see whomever you wish to see, you should realize that your personnel health insurance will not pay for treatment related to a work injury. This means that any treatment you receive by seeing who you want to see-instead of who comp tells Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (36) What should I do if My Boss told me to use my own insurance?
What should I do if my boss told me to use my own insurance? We have heard this a lot through the years-I heard it again just last week. A worker suffers a job injury and informs their boss of this fact as they are supposed to do; then, the injured workers’ boss asks them Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (34) Am I entitled to Money for Pain and Suffering?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (34) Am I entitled to Money for Pain and Suffering? No. Workers who have experienced job injuries are entitled to those benefits set forth in Alabama’s Workers Compensation Statue and only those benefits prescribed by the Legislature; pain and suffering is not one such benefit. In Alabama, if a worker has Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (30) After suffering a Job Injury, does my Employer have to Hold my Job for me?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (30) After suffering a Job Injury, does my Employer have to Hold my Job for me? We have been asked this question numerous times by workers who just want to get back to work; will my job be there for me? Does my boss have to hold my job if I Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (29) Do I have to have Surgery if I don’t want it?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (29) Do I have to have Surgery if I don’t want it? Do I have to have surgery if I don’t want it? If you have suffered a compensable job injury in Alabama, you have to see the company doctor. You are also obliged to cooperate with the treatment recommended by Read More
Read MoreAlabama Workers Compensation Questions: (27) Can I take a New Job while pursuing a workers’ compensation claim?
Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (27) Can I take a New Job while pursuing a workers’ compensation claim? Of course you can, and if the new job is one you can perform and is better for you and your family, I believe you have an obligation to do what is best for you and yours. Suffering Read More
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