When workers suffer injuries on the job, or sustain illness or injury away from the job that result in absence from work, in some cases disability or workers' compensation benefits are available.

Your employer's benefit package may include disability insurance, or you may have taken out disability insurance on your own. If you lose time from work due to a serious medical condition or injury, ...

The Commonwealth Court reversed an order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board that found claimant's disability began on the actual date of his injury. The Commonwealth Court en banc has ruled in ...

Will my disability benefits be reduced if I get workers’ compensation or other public disability benefits? If you get either workers’ compensation or public disability benefit payments, we may reduce ...

At the time of their accidents, Jeremy Lewis was 27, Josh Potter 25. The men lived within 75 miles of each other. Both were married with two children about the same age. Both even had tattoos of their ...

For nearly a century, millions of workers have endured punishing jobs in construction, mining and factory work — jobs with high levels of work-related disability and injury. As a tradeoff for the ...

Regarding “Workers’ Comp to Be Revisited,” Jan. 3: Revisiting the workers’ compensation system will simply be stirring the pot once again; the system needs a totally fresh look, possibly a major ...

Many people working nowadays have more than one job. This means they have several sources of income. It’s important to keep in mind that having multiple sources of income can sometimes affect your ...

While the saying goes that doctors make the worst patients, in the case of plaintiff Michael Flater, it was his medical expertise and knowledge that helped secure a $150,000 workers' compensation ...

Employee disabilities are becoming a common issue that employers must address. Short- and long-term disability plans employers often make available to employees, the Americans with Disabilities Act ...