Category Archives: Workers Compensation
Workers Comp for Gradual Injuries
The goal of workers’ compensation in New York is not to assign fault, but to provide medical care and compensation to workers who have been injured in the course of their employment. Many workplace injuries occur suddenly, as a result of a specific incident. However, workers who suffer work-related injuries that happen gradually over time… Read More »
I Was Injured at Work . . .
. . . but not while doing something strictly work-related. Am I still eligible for workers’ compensation? For an injury to be compensable under New York’s Workers’ Compensation law, it must have arisen both out of and in the course of employment. The test for eligibility is whether the activities of the employee are both… Read More »