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Category: Workers’ Compensation

Why is my employer having me come to work and just sit there?

August 7, 2015
Oxner
Short answer: because they can. Long answer: many employers and insurance adjusters are obsessed with the idea that injured workers are slackers who want to sit home and watch daytime television. We’ve met about three such workers and thousands who just wanted to get better and back to work they could safely do without further […]
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Can I be fired while I’m on workers’ comp?

August 19, 2015
Oxner
It’s a common mistake and many people think they cannot be fired while they are on workers’ compensation. While it is illegal for your employer to fire you in retaliation for you filing a workers’ compensation claim, few employers are stupid enough to tell you that’s what they are doing. The flip side of the […]
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My human resources person said I had to use my vacation and sick time before they will pay me.

September 5, 2015
Oxner
No, that is not what the law says. North Carolina law says that you do not get paid for missing work the first week but you begin getting paid the second week. If you miss the third week – or if you get a rating to an injured body part – they have to go […]
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I work for a temp agency at a different company. How’s this going to work?

September 27, 2015
Oxner
It’s not unusual for some companies to use a temporary employment agency to hire and place workers for a period of 90, or even 180, days before you become a permanent employee. This makes sense to them from a business point of view. Your workers’ compensation claim will be against the temp agency. Everything should […]
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The adjuster is here to help me, right?

October 7, 2015
Oxner
Absolutely not. The adjuster has only one job: to make her company profitable. The way she does that is by limiting how much she spends on your case. This doesn’t mean she’s going to be hateful and evil to you. That rarely works – although they do it sometimes. Rather, she’ll likely be pleasant but […]
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