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Getting a workers’ compensation claim denied can be heartbreaking for anyone. When the insurance company refuses to cover the recommended medical treatment or pay for benefits while the worker is recovering, the situation can seem quite bleak.

Construction work can be physically demanding. Long hours, back-breaking labor, and risky working conditions are all factors that make construction work one of the most dangerous jobs around the world. Each year, thousands of workers sustain injuries in or around construction sites.

Under Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Act, employers must provide workers’ comp to their legally hired employees, but they are not required to cover contractors. Independent contractors and subcontractors usually have to shoulder their own workers’ comp insurance.

Under Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Act, employers must provide workers’ comp to their legally hired employees, but they are not required to cover contractors. Independent contractors and subcontractors usually have to shoulder their own workers’ comp insurance.

Under Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Act, employers must provide workers’ comp to their legally hired employees, but they are not required to cover contractors. Independent contractors and subcontractors usually have to shoulder their own workers’ comp insurance.

Under Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Act, employers must provide workers’ comp to their legally hired employees, but they are not required to cover contractors. Independent contractors and subcontractors usually have to shoulder their own workers’ comp insurance.

Generally, you should consider hiring a lawyer to represent you any time you find yourself at odds with the insurance company. You will need to collect evidence in order to dispute the insurance company’s stand…

Police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and other public safety workers who have developed heart disease, lung disease, or hypertension are entitled by Virginia Code Section 65.2-402 to a presumption that their occupation caused their disease.

Your workers’ compensation doctor could release you to “full duty, no restriction” work even if you are still in pain and haven’t fully recovered.

Virginia workers hurt on the job are protected by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act. It requires most employers to carry workers’ comp insurance so that employees…