Currently, there are an estimated 5.5 million military and veteran caregivers who provide constant support to our aging or injured military community. While many of these caregivers are family or c... Continue Reading
As an American worker, it is understood that an employer provides the necessary means to keep an employee safe while preforming their daily duties on the job. To protect an employee during unforese... Continue Reading
Each year, thousands of service members put their life on the line fighting for our country’s freedom. However, during that same year, 20,000 service members get discharged from the military ... Continue Reading
A new class-action lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs is currently underway as more than 700,000 veterans fight their eligibility for reimbursements of unpaid medical bills relating... Continue Reading
Traveling to a hearing site is no longer a necessity thanks to a tech-forward advancement in the judicial system, which is now rolled out across New York State by the New York Workers’ Compensation... Continue Reading
New York was recently proclaimed by Pacific Standard magazine to be a national leader in the fight to curb the illegal practice of “worker misclassification.” Misclassification occurs w... Continue Reading
On behalf of According to a recent Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) report, it is the workers, their families and taxpayers – not workers’ compensation insurance ... Continue Reading
Workers’ compensation helps New York employees who have been injured on the job, but not everyone is eligible for this form of assistance. People who are employed in New York or even other parts of... Continue Reading
(Reprinted with permission by the Nassau County Bar Association.) Following increased media and political scrutiny, the Social Security Disability claims process came under fire in 2015. As 2016 be... Continue Reading
The New York Workers’ Compensation Board has failed to maintain an accurate list of providers, causing problems for injured workers. Following a workplace injury in New York, employees are encourag... Continue Reading