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,
Medical Treatment After an On-the-Job Injury
Who will my doctor be? If you suffer a job-related injury (an injury that was caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of your employment), your employer has the right to select the doctor you will see — given that it will pay for the treatment. The approved doctor is known as an authorized treating physician. The law further requires that the injured employee must submit himself for examination by the employer’s physician at all reasonable times if requested to
Should I Settle My Workers Compensation Case Without a Lawyer?
Nothing in the law forbids that. So… you can, but the question is whether you should. First, when people eat out, they rarely complain about leaving a 15% tip, if the waiter has done an adequate job taking the order, bringing the food, and re-filling tea glasses. For that same 15%, you can hire a lawyer to render advice on the fairness of your proposed settlement. Second, the other side is hiring someone who has graduated from high school, college, and law school, and who has
