Notice to Employers About an On-the-Job Injury
Tell your employer! Before a claim for workers’ compensation benefits can be made, the employee must provide the employer with notice of the workplace accident. Under Alabama law, an injured employee or the employee’s representative must submit written notice of the accident to the employer within 5 days after the occurrence of the accident. If notice is not given, the employee shall not be entitled to payment of medical fees nor any compensation which may have accrued under
Injured on the Job: What to Know from the Beginning
After suffering an on-the-job injury, there’s likely a lot of questions swirling around in your head. If you were to call us just moments after that injury, my first advice to you would be to tell someone! Alabama law requires that an injured worker give notice to their employer of the injury. That doesn’t necessarily mean “written” notice, or really any formal paperwork at all — you simply must tell a supervisor/manager/someone in charge that you injured yourself and how,
Fighting Cack if You Get Fired After Getting Hurt At Work
Can I lose my job? Alabama has a law against an employer firing an injured employee solely in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim for an on-the-job injury. Many times, after suffering an on-the-job injury, an injured employee is held off of work for an extended period of time. During that time, the injured employee is often unsure about how much work he or she can miss and what his or her employer can do while he or she is being held off work. Other times, an
