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The state of Ohio is an at-will employment state, which means employers can terminate employees at any time for any legal reason and employees can quit their jobs whenever they wish. If you’re an at-will employee, it may feel like you’re constantly at risk of being...
You may associate workers’ compensation with immediate injuries that employees sustain while on the job, such as a fall or a lifting injury. Those types of injuries are easy to trace back to an exact moment and place, so it’s clearer to employees in those situations...
People often ask our workers’ compensation attorneys if they are eligible for workers’ compensation benefits if they did not miss work after being injured. Some people think there are minimum amounts of time they have to take off work to prove they were truly injured....
The details within workers’ compensation laws can be pretty complicated sometimes, often varying by state and circumstance. Because workers’ compensation can be confusing, the facts about it sometimes get jumbled and it can be hard to figure out what is true. At...
Here at Bentoff & Duber, located in Cleveland, Ohio, our experienced workers’ compensation lawyers frequently hear questions about the details of workers’ compensation, especially because the answers can be tricky or confusing at times. We want to answer as many...
In order to better serve our clients and everyone who is curious about laws and topics such as workers’ compensation and social security benefits, we have been answering some frequently asked questions on this blog. Our next question is about whether or not someone...
We’re often asked this question by independent and self-employed contractors who want to know if they’re entitled to collect workers’ compensation benefits if they are injured. The answer is no, independent contractors are not eligible for workers’ comp coverage and...
Construction workers continue to have one of the country’s most dangerous occupations. If you work on a construction site, you’re probably aware of the occupational hazards and frequency that people are hurt on the job, whether it is from a fall, overexertion or being...
Depending on your occupation, there are all kinds of ways you can accidentally be injured at work. If this happens, here are a few considerations to ensure you get the best treatment and everything you’re entitled to from your workers’ compensation claim. In addition...
A group of small businesses in Northeast Ohio has been overcharged for workers’ compensation insurance in a class action lawsuit, argued this summer, a local judge found. The businesses claimed that the steep discounts they were offered to join groups administered by...