Queens Workers Compensation Lawyers Can your employer terminate you in retaliation for filing a valid workers’ compensation claim? You’ve been injured on the job and
Injured on the job?
It’s not uncommon, when you’ve been hurt on the job, for the New York Workers’ Compensation Board to initially reject your claim, even if the facts seemed to indicate that you clearly qualified for benefits. If you believe the decision is simply wrong, what are your options?
If you have been injured on the job in New York, you have a right to file a claim for benefits under the state’s workers’ compensation program. Generally, if your claim is approved, you will receive weekly benefits based on your average weekly wage and the extent of your injury. However, if you suffer an injury to one of your extremities, you may also be entitled to a cash payment for any permanent damage to that extremity. Such an award is known as a scheduled loss of use, or SLU, award.
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