Hundreds of workers sustain fatal injuries, and thousands suffer disabling injuries every year in ladder-related incidents. That has prompted the American Ladder Institute to sponsor the National Ladder Safety Month in March to promote safety at home and work. The initiative intends to reduce ladder-related fatalities and injuries and raise awareness of ladder safety either at home or work. Using the Wrong Ladder. Many inju...
If you are a foreign worker injured on the job – even if undocumented – you have rights. Generally, injury law applies the same as if you were a citizen. However, having permission to work in the country and/or filing your taxes may affect whether or not you may claim lost income in an injury claim. Some companies or employers will encourage you to use an ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) to establish you...
Muchos empleadores No-Suscriptores (Non-Subscribers) no le dicen que “No Participan” en la cobertura de la Compensación para Trabajadores de Texas (Workers’ Comp) ¿Por qué? Porque probablemente desean engañar a sus empleados para que crean que tienen Cobertura en la Compensación para Trabajadores cuando en realidad no la tienen. Después de un accidente, su empleador puede enviarlo a clínicas, pagar algunos bene...
Usted necesita un Abogado de Accidentes de Trabajo en Houston que esté a su favor. Las compañías No Suscriptoras le pueden decir (en documentos cuando usted los firma al ser contratado, o en signos publicados en una sala de descanso) que ellos no son suscriptores de la compensación del trabajador. Si usted se lesiona, y trabaja para un No Suscriptor, todas las reglas son diferentes. Lo que rige es el Plan de la com...
Texas is the only state that lets companies opt out of carrying workers’ comp insurance coverage. Why companies opt out of workers’ comp in Texas is often for a pretty basic reason. They believe they will save themselves money. These non-subscriber employers know that if they opt out of providing official Texas workers’ comp, they won’t have the state telling them what to do when it comes to providing benefits. By prov...

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