06/04/2019
The New York State Worker’s’ Compensation Law was created to provide injured workers with lost wage benefits and necessary medical care.
If you’re hurt at work you may be entitled to Workers’ Compensation benefits.
“Bureaucratic hurdles make it complicated and expensive for claimants, plenty of whom are immigrants, to collect the money that is rightfully theirs.”
If you sustained a work related injury you must report it to your employer. After reporting the injury our office will assist you in navigating your claim so you can receive the benefits that you are entitled to.
While the city contemplates demanding employers provide paid vacation days and other new guarantees for workers toward the bottom of the pay and power scale, a basic piece of the safety net is frayed: the workers’ compensation system meant to support people who get hurt on the job, and to help the...
