Falling while at work will likely qualify you for workers’ compensation benefits. However, you’ll need to follow several steps carefully to protect your ability to pursue benefits and protect your job. Here are the steps you should follow after falling at work and...
Indiana is a no-fault workers’ compensation state. That means that the investigation into what happened won’t focus heavily on who was at fault for the accident. Instead, it looks to make sure there truly was a workplace accident and that the injuries the victim...
After a workplace injury, your employer might require that you undergo a drug test to evaluate whether you were impaired at the time of the accident. This falls under the Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illness ruling that passed in 2016. The law states:...
Your employer cannot fire you for filing a workers’ compensation claim in Indiana. However, Indiana is an at-will state for employment. That means that employers can fire employees at any time without cause so long as the reason does not fall under a protected class...
Construction is a dangerous industry to work in. Not only are you statistically more likely to face an injury as a construction worker, but you also likely don’t have employer-provided workers’ compensation coverage because you work as a contractor....
You have two years from the date of the injury to file a workers’ compensation claim in Indiana. However, you must file a written notice/report of the accident within 30 days of the accident or the discovery of the accident. Failing to meet these timelines might...
