The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, sets workplace safety standards for millions of employers across the country. In Pennsylvania, OSHA also directly enforces these standards in the private sector. At random and also after receiving a...
Workplace accidents can be serious for injured workers and their families. They can set injured workers back with injuries and medical bills while they are unable to work. For that reason, injured workers should understand their workers’ compensation options and the...
In Pennsylvania, many people work in warehouses and understand the dangers they face every day. Still, that does not eliminate the need for a basic safety protocols and employers caring about employees. Too often, both are lacking. Fortunately, when workers are...
Workers’ compensation benefits can help workers and their families through some of their most difficult times. For that reason, workers who have been denied workers’ compensation benefits should be familiar with how to bring a petition for benefits if a claim has been...
When a person is injured at work they may have many concerns not just about their health but also about how they are going to pay their bills and put food on the table while they cannot work to earn their normal wages. For this reason, Pennsylvania offers qualifying...
Work environments can range greatly in Pennsylvania. While some employees have a quiet workspace in an office, others are in loud factories, mines or construction sites. The use of heavy machinery can cause much stress to the sense, especially ones’ ears. Thus, the...
Injured workers oftentimes need help with their medical expenses and lost wages. Workers’ compensation benefits help to provide injured workers some of the relief they need which is why workers and their families should be familiar with the different types of benefits...
Workers’ compensation benefits help Pennsylvania workers get through periods of time when they cannot do their jobs because of work-related illnesses or injuries. When a worker is harmed on the job and granted workers’ compensation benefits, it means that their claim...
Workers in Pennsylvania are entitled to compensation for injuries and accidents suffered at work. But they may be eligible for workers’ compensation for occupational diseases. Defined Pennsylvania‘s workers’ compensation covers occupational diseases if they were...
Pennsylvania’s workers are entitled to weekly wages and related health-related, medical, and surgical expenses for a work-related injury or occupational illness. But, in many cases, injured workers cannot seek treatment from their own health care practitioner....
