Construction injuries should be covered by your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance, including falls, broken bones, electrical injuries, and traffic accidents. You may also be able to file a third-party lawsuit for compensation if someone other than your employer was at fault in the accident.
Workers’ Compensation
Are Sole Proprietors Covered by Workers’ Compensation in SC?
Are sole proprietors covered by workers’ compensation in SC? They can be if they notify their insurance company that they elect to be included as an employee or if they are a direct employee of another company whose workers’ compensation insurance covers their injuries.
What are the Most Common Types of Workers’ Compensation Claims?
The most common types of workers’ compensation injuries in SC, the most common causes of on-the-job injuries, and how to prevent workplace injuries. Axelrod and Associates – Myrtle Beach SC workers’ compensation attorneys.
Workers’ Compensation for Asbestos Exposure
If you have been exposed to asbestos in the workplace resulting in an occupational disease like mesothelioma or asbestosis, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation – or you may have a third-party lawsuit against the individual or corporations responsible for your...
Are Seasonal Workers Covered by Workers’ Compensation in SC?
Are seasonal workers covered by workers’ compensation in SC? Full-time, part-time, seasonal, and year-round employees are covered by workers’ compensation unless their employer falls under one of the statutory exemptions.
Is Murder Covered by Workers’ Compensation?
Is death by murder covered by workers’ compensation insurance? Or any injury caused by an assault or violent crime? In Patel v. BVM Motel, the SC Court of Appeals held that if you work at a motel, live on the motel’s premises, are “on duty” day and night, and you are...
If You Lose Your Job, Do You Continue to Receive Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
Will you still receive workers’ compensation benefits if you lose your job? When can your employer stop paying benefits and what are valid reasons to terminate an employee after they have filed a workers’ compensation claim?
Are You Covered by Worker’s Compensation if You Work from Home?
Are you covered by worker’s compensation if you work from home? The number of people working from home has increased dramatically since the start of the pandemic. Last June, a study from Stanford’s Institute for Economic Policy Research showed that 42 percent of...
Workers’ Compensation Death Benefits in SC
Workers’ compensation death benefits in SC provide some compensation for the families of workers who have been killed on the job. Last Sunday, an employee of Innovative Fibers in Spartanburg County, SC, was killed after he “became entrapped in a machine.” Will...
Why Do We Have Workers’ Compensation Insurance?
Why do we have workers' compensation insurance? If you are injured because of someone else's negligence, you can file a lawsuit and they are required to compensate you, right? Why isn't that enough when a worker is injured on the job? At Axelrod and Associates, we...
