Workers Compensation

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Workers Compensation New York
The workers compensation in New York it's obligated by the law to provide employees with a coverage as a compensation for employees for medical treatment which relate to injuries and illnesses in the course of their employment. These may also involve the cash benefits if an injury or illness prevents the employee from working, or in case of the employee’s death at work, the death benefits are provided for the surviving spouses and the dependent children of the deceased. In New York very worker is eligible for the compensation benefits, whether they are documented or undocumented employees and it may also include the immigrant. The coverage of compensation begins on the first day the employee starts to work, it consists of both full time and part time workers. The service is scheduled to accommodate all workers in all working conditions including workers of low wages. These are the benefits the employee would most likely to enjoy from the worker compensation in New York, they are: Medical Treatment: The employee is entitled to immediately medical, surgical, and hospital care, medicine, medical supplies and other reasonable expenses such as transportation costs. This coverage will only provide the employee the treating of injuries occurred at work and it can last as it takes to care for the injury or illness. Temporary Disability payments: This benefits the employee when they are totally or partially disabled and unsuitable to work for more than 7 days, they shall be no payment benefits for the first 7 days of disability. If the disability is for so longer than 14 days, however, the employee can get payment benefits for her/his injury or illness in a result of permanent disability. The Schedule Loss of Use Award provides addition money for the workers whose injury result in permanent damage or loss of functions of organs such as eyesight , hearing and limb. This award amount is calculated based on your degree of disability and the employee can return to work and still collect schedule loss of use awards.
Death Benefits: Compensation is paid to the surviving dependents of an employee.

Workers’ Compensation and their Right to Sue Workers’ compensation benefits are meant to provide benefits for employee on the job injuries without having to pursue their claims in court. In most cases, you will not be able to sue your employer but you have a right to file a workers’ compensation claim for medical treatment and in some instances, cash benefits.

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