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Our Prac­tice Areas : Injury Law :
Workers’ Compensation

Wel­come to the Workers’ Com­pen­sa­tion web­page for the Ziff Law Firm. Our expe­ri­enced workers’ com­pen­sa­tion dis­ability rep­re­sen­ta­tives are ready to serve you, should you find that legal assis­tance is needed rel­a­tive to your claim. We are a team of legal pro­fes­sionals that has pro­vided skilled, aggres­sive and eth­ical legal ser­vices to res­i­dents of New York and Penn­syl­vania for more than 60 years. Our 8 lawyers permit us to offer a full-range of legal ser­vices, and to assist those filing Workers’ Com­pen­sa­tion claims.

The injured worker is often taken advan­tage of because he does not know his rights. Your employer may not tell you of all the rights you have and the insur­ance com­pany is only con­cerned with min­i­mizing the cost of your claim. This means that they often will not tell you about job retraining, over­time pay ben­e­fits, wage dif­fer­en­tial ben­e­fits, statute of lim­i­ta­tions, notice require­ments, repet­i­tive traumas, main­te­nance pay­ments when being retrained and settlements.

If you have been injured at work, you should imme­di­ately con­tact us so that you can be assured that you are receiving ALL the ben­e­fits avail­able to you.

Workers com­pen­sa­tion is insur­ance paid for by employers that pro­vides cash ben­e­fits and med­ical care if an employee becomes dis­abled because work-related injury. Workers’ com­pen­sa­tion ben­e­fits entitle you to med­ical treat­ment to cure and relieve the effects of your indus­trial injury. Treat­ment may include con­sul­ta­tions, phys­ical therapy, surgery, hos­pi­tal­iza­tion, drug treat­ment, and nursing care, as well as phys­ical and voca­tional reha­bil­i­ta­tion ser­vices. You are enti­tled to be reim­bursed for costs of mileage going to and from your med­ical appoint­ments. The injured employee may also be enti­tled to lost wages.

It is impor­tant that you are aware of the following:

• Insur­ance Com­pany Doc­tors
  Your employer may tell you to visit an insur­ance com­pany doctor to get a “second opinion.” That second opinion may lead to the can­cel­la­tion of your ben­e­fits. Unless your lawyer says dif­fer­ently, avoid the insur­ance com­pany doctor.
• The term “rea­son­able med­ical care“
  “Rea­son­able med­ical care” includes, but is not lim­ited to, surgery, spe­cial treat­ments, med­ica­tions or phys­ical therapy. If you refuse rec­om­mended treat­ment, your employer has the right to peti­tion to have your ben­e­fits suspended.
• Voca­tional Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Ser­vices
  Although your employer may sug­gest oth­er­wise, you have the right to refuse any voca­tional reha­bil­i­ta­tive ser­vices. The law says that you must make a “good faith effort” to return to work. This means that if you can work under cer­tain restric­tions, you should do so. The voca­tional reha­bil­i­ta­tion spe­cialist will advise you on what jobs are avail­able and the spe­cific duties involved with the work.
• The No Dis­crim­i­na­tion Rule
  No one can penalize you for filing a workers’ com­pen­sa­tion claim if you have a work-related injury, ill­ness or dis­ease. If you feel that you have been dis­crim­i­nated against because of a worker’s com­pen­sa­tion claim, con­tact us immediately.
• Retire­ment
  Retire­ment ben­e­fits should not affect the amount you receive under workers’ com­pen­sa­tion. Some­times, how­ever, there are instances where an unsus­pecting worker gets ben­e­fits reduced upon retire­ment. Know the details of your pen­sion agree­ment so that you don’t lose all that is coming to you.

If you have been injured while on the job, please con­sider con­tacting us so that we can help you deter­mine whether you need rep­re­sen­ta­tion or not. Don’t worry– there is no charge for the ini­tial con­sul­ta­tion and even if you con­sult with us you are under no oblig­a­tion to hire us for your workers com­pen­sa­tion case.. Even if you are already receiving ben­e­fits, it may be to your advan­tage to con­sult an expe­ri­enced com­pen­sa­tion rep­re­sen­ta­tive to ensure that you are receiving the max­imum ben­e­fits avail­able under the law.

At Ziff Law Firm, LLP, we rec­og­nize the deep trust placed in us by our clients, and we strive to uphold that trust by working hard and fighting hard for our clients. We do the best we pos­sibly can for every client on every case. So, please call Ziff Law Firm, LLP at 1−800−806−2852, or save time with our online Con­tact Form.

Please see our Workers’ Com­pen­sa­tion Glos­sary for def­i­n­i­tions of Workers’ Com­pen­sa­tion terms.

Please see our Workers’ Com­pen­sa­tion Fre­quently Asked Ques­tions for more infor­ma­tion on Workers’ Compensation.

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