The COVID-19 pandemic has created a worldwide crisis in many ways, requiring new measures from policymakers around the world regarding the way business is conducted, all the way down to workers’ compensation. While workers’ compensation is typically intended to cover medical bills and lost wages for employees injured while on the job, there has been debate as to whether workers should receive workers’ compensation benefits if they...
Though some jobs are innately dangerous, any worker is at risk for being hurt on the job. If you are hurt at work, you may be eligible for workers' compensation; workers' compensation is an insurance program that gives financial compensation to injured workers to cover lost wages and medical bills. The best part of this program is that the hurt employee or injured contractor does not have to prove negligence by someone else. The Federal...