Category Archives: Workers Compensation
Workers’ Comp Premiums Set To Lower In 2026
After a press release from Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR), it is official: Florida employers will see a tenth straight year of decreases in the cost of workers’ compensation insurance and premiums. After input from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), the state’s regulators saw fit to approve a 6.9 percent decrease… Read More »
What Does ‘No Fault’ Florida Workers’ Comp Actually Mean?
In Florida and many other U.S. states, workers’ compensation is a no-fault system. What this means is that an injured employee does not have to go to trial and exhaustively prove that their injury occurred due to their employer’s negligence. Rather, unless something goes wrong with their application for benefits, an employee will simply… Read More »
Do Seasonal Workers Get Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
Workers’ compensation benefits, at least in Florida, are designed to compensate employees who suffer on-the-job injury. However, these laws are usually used for the benefit of full-time employees. In reality, some – though not all – seasonal workers are entitled to recover benefits if they are injured at work. If you are injured on… Read More »
Workers’ Compensation & FMLA Leave
If a person is injured at work, they will most often try to claim workers’ compensation benefits in order to ensure the bills are paid while they recuperate. However, there are other state and federal programs like FMLA leave that provide relief to injured workers, and it is very easy to get oneself into… Read More »
Injured On Your Lunch Break?
Contrary to popular belief, not every injury sustained at work in Florida will be eligible for workers’ compensation. If a person is injured on their lunch break, determining whether the injury is compensable can be complex – but the right attorney can help to clarify matters. Is It Within The Scope Of Your Employment?… Read More »
Can I Receive Workers’ Comp Benefits For Emotional Damage?
Workers’ compensation benefits are intended to cover expenses incurred by an employee while recovering from an on-the-job injury. However, in the overwhelming majority of cases, those injuries must be physical. While it is possible, even likely, for many jobs to cause psychological and emotional damage to employees, Florida’s law has been firm in holding… Read More »
Why Was My Workers’ Compensation Claim Denied?
For most cases involving workplace injuries, workers’ compensation is the only possible avenue for an employee to obtain relief. However, not every claim for benefits is approved; between 10 and 25 percent are denied each year. If you have received a notice that your claim for benefits was denied, it can be a frightening… Read More »
Do I Have To Accept ‘Light Duty’ If Offered?
When a person sustains an injury at work, most want to get back on the job as quickly as possible. Many are able to do so if their employer offers what is known as ‘light duty’ – essentially, modified tasks that are able to be done by an injured employee. However, there are certain… Read More »
Seeking Workers’ Comp Benefits For Repetitive Stress Injuries
The average person tends to think of repetitive stress injuries (RSIs) as the domain of office workers, but in reality, RSIs can affect people in many different job positions, and they have the potential to cause real harm. If you have developed an RSI as a result of your job, you do have the… Read More »
Explaining Maximum Medical Improvement In Florida Workers’ Comp Cases
When a person is injured at work, they are usually eligible to recover workers’ compensation benefits as long as the injury occurs within the scope of their employment. If the injury is middling to minor, benefits will usually help keep a family afloat until the injured worker is back on the job. However, if… Read More »