Workers Compensation Claims

Workers Compensation Claims

What is workers compensation?

Workers compensation is created by statute under state law. These statutes provide the circumstances under which an individual can be compensated from a pool of funds created and held by the state that has been funded by employers throughout the state.

Workers compensation laws are designed to ensure that employees who are injured or disabled on the job are provided with fixed monetary awards, eliminating the need for litigation. These compensation laws also provide benefits for dependents of those workers who are killed because of work-related accidents or illnesses.

A workers compensation claim can be filed with the employer and the workers compensation board for an employee to receive compensation for the injury sustained. The amount of this money is determined on a schedule set out in the statute. Some workers compensation laws also protect employers and workers by limiting the amount an injured employee can receive from an employer and by eliminating the liability of co-workers in most accidents.