Workers’ Compensation

Even with employees and employers doing whatever they can to prevent construction accidents, these still occur throughout the country on a regular basis. Some accidents are minor, meaning that nobody involved was seriously injured. Others, however, are much more...

When most people think about workers' compensation, the first thing that comes to mind is a workplace injury. For example, somebody who was injured by falling off a ladder or tripping over a piece of debris. However, there are other circumstances that can result in a...

Workplace safety and the rights of injured workers are two topics that require constant vigilance. Without continually reasserting these rights and demanding safe work spaces, workplace conditions erode. In recent years, workers' compensation laws in Georgia and...

The Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation has created a bill of rights that explains the rights and responsibilities of both the employee and employer. As a worker in the state of Georgia, you have a number of rights and responsibilities should you be injured...

Regardless of your job, you hope that you're never faced with unsafe working conditions. If you are, you realize that you could be injured or become ill at some point in the future. If you have any reason to believe that your working environment is unsafe, there are...