Workers’ Compensation

People who work at hospitals spend much of their day responding to the urgent needs of others. Nurses and other medical professionals put their lives on the line to help others. Many people choose medical careers because they want to help, never imagining that their...

Job-related injuries can impact an employer and employee for months or years following an incident. Depending on the severity and type of injury, an employee may have rehabilitation needs and follow-up treatments. In all this stress, it is important for employees and...

If you get hurt on the job or if your doctor diagnoses you with a medical condition related to your employment, workers' compensation insurance will pay for your treatment. You can also count on workers' compensation benefits to help replace your wages until you can...

Recovery from a work injury often requires both time and support. You may need financial resources if you need to take a leave of absence from work to heal or to stay at a rehabilitation hospital. You may need medical coverage to get the treatment necessary to fully...

Workers do need to understand that all falls are dangerous. A fall on a level surface -- i.e., with no distance traveled at all, such as in a slip-and-fall accident -- can lead to serious injuries. They just get more serious the higher a person is when they fall. ...

A workplace injury has the potential to entirely disrupt your life, your career and your finances. Workers’ compensation is designed to step in and help cover an injured worker’s medical bills, provide some replacement wages and other needed benefits -- but workers’...

It’s important to have a good relationship with your medical providers, but injured workers in North Carolina have limited choices about whom they see for their job-related conditions. In essence, you can pick any doctor off the list of approved providers for  your...

There are many different kinds of eye injuries that you could suffer on the job. From lacerations to bruising to exposure to chemicals, your eyes and sight could be at risk. If you suffer a work-related injury that results in the loss of your vision or an injury to...

Living in a state that’s home to prestigious furniture makers large and small, many North Carolinians are in the woodworking profession. These skilled professionals face myriad risks in their daily work. Businesses from small woodshops to large manufacturing...

You have learned that employer filed an application to terminate or suspend your workers’ compensation payments here in North Carolina, and you’re understandably concerned. What’s happening? Your employer could be trying to stop your benefits for any number of...