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Who is an "Employee" Under Workers’ Compensation Law?

The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) has specific guidelines which are used to determine who is considered an employee under New York State Workers’ Compensation Law (WC... Continue Reading

Appealing an Unfavorable Decision for Social Security Disability Benefits: Statistics Show the Road Gets Tougher

Recently the Appeals Council of the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) released its summary of requests for review from the 2013 fiscal year. Requests for review are appeals of decisions... Continue Reading

9/11 Workers’ Compensation Registration Re-opens: Governor Cuomo Signs Bill

Last week Governor Cuomo signed an important new bill that re-opened 911 workers’ compensation registration and disability pensions for Ground Zero workers. The new registration deadline is s... Continue Reading

Queens New York Social Security Disability Judge Bias Class Action Settlement Approved by Court

the settlement in Padro v. Astrue (Colvin) grants over 4000 disability claimants who were unfairly denied benefits by five rogue judges in Queens, NY the right to new hearings before different and... Continue Reading

What is the NY Workers’ Comp Claims Process?

Most people don’t go into work and say “I think I will get injured today. Yeah that’s what I’ll do! At two thirty, I’ll be the victim of a horrible accident and spend months or even years undergoin... Continue Reading

What Are New York Workers’ Compensation Benefits?

In short, New York Workers’ Compensation benefits (sometimes referred to as Workmans’ Compensation or Workers’ Comp) is an employer paid insurance policy that pays cash and/or medical benefits to p... Continue Reading

New Employer's First Report of Injury/Illness Form

Back in October, the Workers’ Compensation Board announced that they would be introducing New York State eClaims Requirement Tables and Implementation Guide in the Spring. This entails the in... Continue Reading

Fast Food Workers Strike for 15

About eight months ago, fast food workers in New York City started holding day long strikes during peak customer traffic. Their goal: higher wages, fifteen dollars an hour to be exact, which is mor... Continue Reading

Department of Labor Releases New Unemployment Statistics

Good News! The New York State Department of Labor has just released some encouraging preliminary figures pertaining to the state’s unemployment rate. According to the numbers released on Jul... Continue Reading

Social Security Disability is Never Easy to Get in New York and Long Island

A few important nuggets of truth remained in my letter which will hopefully resonate with most New Yorkers. According to Social Security stastistics, the grim fact is that 1 in 5 male and 1 in 7 f... Continue Reading

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Who is an "Employee" Under Workers’ Compensation Law?

Appealing an Unfavorable Decision for Social Security Disability Benefits: Statistics Show the Road Gets Tougher

9/11 Workers’ Compensation Registration Re-opens: Governor Cuomo Signs Bill

Queens New York Social Security Disability Judge Bias Class Action Settlement Approved by Court

What is the NY Workers’ Comp Claims Process?

What Are New York Workers’ Compensation Benefits?

New Employer's First Report of Injury/Illness Form

Fast Food Workers Strike for 15

Department of Labor Releases New Unemployment Statistics

Social Security Disability is Never Easy to Get in New York and Long Island

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