Workers’ Compensation

You expect your place of work to be safe. Yet, many workers’ compensation claims are filed each year in New Hampshire by workers who are hurt on the job. Some of these incidences are caused by unpreventable dangers, while others are the result of employer negligence....

Being injured and unable to work will stoke worry and fear for workers in New Hampshire and Vermont. This can happen in any kind of job whether it is one that is relatively sedentary like office work or one in which people are performing arduous physical tasks like...

Workers' compensation and personal injury lawsuits are meant to do the same thing: Both are intended to compensate people for what they have lost as a result of being injured in an accident. However, the ways the two systems go about doing this are very different....

Workers’ compensation is comparable to a security blanket for New Hampshire workers. Knowing that they are protected if they are injured or suffer a work-related condition that leaves them unable to work gives peace of mind as it can cover their medical expenses and...

New Hampshire workers who are injured on the job or suffer an occupational illness due to their work rely on workers’ compensation benefits to get them through. It pays for medical treatment and provides wage coverage for the time they are off the job among other...

In New Hampshire and Vermont, people who have been injured on the job and left unable to work will need to be aware of the tenets of workers’ compensation. Most will equate this to receiving medical care and payment for lost wages. Of course, workers’ compensation...

Staying safe in the workplace that many employees take for granted. Certain summer jobs come with higher risks of serious injury during the summer. When a workplace injury can cost an employee thousands of dollars, it pays to know which jobs are at high risk of injury...