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Can You Quit Your Job While On Workers’ Compensation?

When you’ve suffered workplace injuries, you might wonder if it’s worth staying in your current position. There are many reasons employees are forced to make that difficult decision, from a hostile... Continue Reading

Can High Blood Pressure Be Eligible for Workers’ Compensation?

High blood pressure (officials known as hypertension) is an extraordinarily common condition that affects millions of American workers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that... Continue Reading

COVID Status Guide for Workers in New York and Long Island

We are now entering the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. During that time, the pandemic and the government and private sector responses to it have drastically reshaped our lives in ways big an... Continue Reading

Protecting Injured New York Workers

New York Workers’ Compensation Alliance is a statewide coalition of injured workers and stakeholders dedicated to protecting the rights of those injured under the New York State Workers’ Compensati... Continue Reading

COVID-19 In The Workplace II

The Covid-19 Virus has presented an extraordinary challenge for the working people of New York. Especially hard hit are those who provide essential services; healthcare workers, transportation wor... Continue Reading

COVID-19 at the Workplace

The COVID-19 Pandemic has placed an extraordinary burden on all New Yorkers. Especially hard hit are those who provide essential services; healthcare workers, EMT’s, police officers, firefighters,... Continue Reading

Questions About Working Part-Time

Working Part-Time After You’ve Been Found Disabled by the Social Security Administration Is it possible to work part-time and not lose my disability benefits? Yes. It is possible. However, the full... Continue Reading

Attachment to The Labor Market

IF I AM RECEIVING WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PAYMENTS, DO I HAVE TO SHOW THAT I AM LOOKING FOR WORK? Under the New York State Workers’ Compensation Law, if you have been found to have a partial disabil... Continue Reading

Workers’ Compensation: The Hearing Experience

It recently occurred to me that I am now in my 35th year of handling hearings before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board. When I began doing this work in Brooklyn, back in 1985, the atmo... Continue Reading

Workers’ Compensation: Benefits Decline While Insurer Profits Rise

A recent study published by the New School Center for New York City Affairs paints a rather bleak picture for injured workers in The Empire State. Although the New York workers’ compensation syste... Continue Reading