Please advise.
2006-11-12 16:58:36 · 12 answers · asked by Millenium Man 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
No, and they have anxiety attacks until the day you're gone.
2006-11-12 17:00:53 · answer #1 · answered by crash 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've seen this happen more and more every year.
Once an employee is hurt, the risk that an employer takes with bringing that person back on is that they can get reinjured and sue the company. So, to cut that problem they just wait until they are totally released from the Drs. care and they have released workmans comp insurance from liability and they usually let the employee go.
I think it's terrible, but on the other hand the lawyers have made this world so money hungry and crazy that as an employer you just can't take chances.
Workmans comp is paid by the employer and their rates go up everytime an employee gets injured. So that is another reason also.
Sorry!
2006-11-12 17:19:08 · answer #2 · answered by teddybearloverus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sometimes depend how sucky your employer is. Bc my husbands boss man had someone fall of a latter which was the latters fault it was faulty so they county which the guy works for. Anyway they are both sueing the ladder company. He still has a job and his boss man is ok. But if the accedent was your fault then maybe you will not be as valuable as you once was you are probably going to prove that you are again. If you are not as good as you were they might find a different reason on firing you they did that do a friend of mine but he worked for a diferent company as the guy mention. It does really matter how your boss acts like if he is a real *** then you wont be but if he does have a heart then maybe you will be still valuable employer.
I am sorry you got hurt at work hope everything works out for you.
GOOD LUCK
2006-11-12 17:02:49 · answer #3 · answered by knowssignlanguage 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really has more to do with your employer than anything. I've filed a couple of different times with a couple of different employers. Both times it was no big deal, people get hurt when they work hard ,people that dont work dont get hurt.
I know others that filed as well, serious injuries are often treated a little more severly as a permanet injury prevents you from being useful. Sad but true, if you become a useless employee, the employer generally terminates you quikly.
I've seen people that tried to "milk" the system as well, they dont get treated very well for good reason, but generally if you can recover in a reasonable amount of time, employers are usually annoyed but relieved they can keep you on wihtout being sued.
2006-11-12 17:16:37 · answer #4 · answered by someonestolemystapler 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Impossible to answer with the information you provided. It depends how valuable you were before you filed a worker's compensation claim. If you are lower level worker (I hate to put labels on people), the answer may be no. If you are in upper or middle management, or have a unique skill, the answers could easily be yes.
2006-11-12 17:17:21 · answer #5 · answered by Dick E 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you were previously a good worker and do not plan to milk the compensation claim then there should be no problem. Perhaps you might want to discuss this with your boss to allow yourself to worry about your injury and rehabilitation rather than your worth. Tell your employer that you want to get back to work as soon as possible and you hope that you will be welcome. You would be amazed at the power of open communication. Hope you get better soon.
2006-11-12 17:00:31 · answer #6 · answered by dogloverdi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen people demoted for this. The employer says it's because of this, that or another thing but the real reason was because they put in a workmen's comp claim. But you can never prove it. Don't know what to tell you. If you need to put in the claim, do it. But document everything - how they were to you before and after. Incidences. Just incase. Good luck.
2006-11-12 17:01:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, it depends.
Your filing of a work comp claim does cause the company to have to report a 'claims experience' with the rating agency and it means their work comp rates will likely increase.
So, if you are now a higher risk employee becuase you've been hurt once....they are less likely to treat you as having as much value to the company as you had before.
2006-11-12 17:01:18 · answer #8 · answered by markmywordz 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I have seen it time and again that you fall into the catagory of "damaged goods"., which is a crying shame
2006-11-12 17:00:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are still, it doesn't really matter as long as you do your job well or better than before you were injured
2006-11-12 17:01:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋