Ohio Workers’ Compensation Articles

Workers’ Compensation & Wrongful Death

• • Ohio changes workers’ compensation billing system – Recent changes to the way employers pay for workers’ comp insurance has the potential to lead to more uninsured workers.
  • What Is A Statute Of Limitations? – A statute of limitations is when there is a limit put on how much time there is between unlawful events and when someone files a lawsuit as to what happened.
  • I Was Denied Workers Compensation Benefits – What should I do? – If you have been denied your workers’ compensation, then there are some steps that you need to take to ensure that you are awarded the way that you deserve to be. These are benefits that are designed to help you pay your everyday expenses while you are recovering, so it is important that you do what is necessary to make sure you get them.
  • Who is Exempt from Receiving Workers’ Compensation Benefits? – Workers’ compensation is an insurance fund that your employer pays for; it is meant to cover an employee’s losses if they are injured on the job, or suffer from a work related illness.
  • Claiming Workers Compensation Benefits – Workplace injuries can lead to a serious loss of income for employees and can even result in long-term disability. People who are injured in the course of their duties are entitled to workers compensation benefits to cover daily expenses, lost wages, and medical bills.
  • Internally inconsistent medical report could not be used to deny award – In the case of State ex rel. Wyrick v. Industrial Commission, the Ohio Supreme Court, in a 4-3 split decision, ruled that an internally inconsistent medical report could not be used to deny a claim for workers’ compensation coverage for the claimant’s loss of use of his left arm.
  • Ohio workers’ compensation death benefits for surviving dependents – The Ohio workers’ compensation system casts a wide safety net that reaches certain dependent relatives of those who suffer work-related death.

 

Safety Risks in the Workplace

• OSHA report: Top 10 workplace violations – One of the most basic rights of employees is to work in a safe environment. Here are the 10 top OSHA regulation violations in the workplace.
• Ride-share drivers push for workers’ compensation coverage – Drivers for Lyft, Uber and similar ride-share services say they are misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees, depriving them of many important benefits including workers’ compensation coverage.
• A Guide to Winter Weather Workplace Safety in Ohio