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Category: Workers’ Compensation

What happens if I cannot return to my old job?

March 30, 2016
Oxner
If you cannot earn as much money as you did prior to your injury you are entitled to be paid two-thirds of your wage loss for a period of 500 weeks from the date of the injury. In some rare exceptions you may be able to be paid beyond that 500 week date if you […]
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Am I going to be able to get another job when this is all over?

April 2, 2016
Oxner
The overwhelming majority or our clients return to work. Fortunately, a fairly small number are so severely injured that they’re never able to return to work. It is fairly unlikely that your company is going to blackball you after you’re gone. Most companies understand the legal risk they take in doing that and many have […]
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If I injure myself again what happens?

April 12, 2016
Oxner
You’ve got a whole new claim. There are not really pre-existing condition exclusions in the Workers’ Compensation Act. The closest thing is if you lie your way into a new job by denying that you have anything physically wrong with you. If you promptly reinjure yourself the claim could be denied. Hopefully you’ll never have […]
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What is the North Carolina Industrial Commission?

April 12, 2016
Oxner
The Industrial Commission (informally called the NCIC, or sometimes super informally called just the IC) is the government agency which is in charge of handling all workers’ compensation claims. You may not realize this but workers’ compensation claims do NOT go to court. You will never see a judge or a jury in a workers’ […]
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What are Deputy Commissioners?

April 23, 2016
Oxner
Deputy Commissioners are like judges for workers’ compensation. They have most of the powers of an elected judge. Their decisions are in writing and are called Opinions and Awards. A key difference between judges and deputy commissioners comes in how they get their jobs and how long they keep their jobs. Judges are elected and […]
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