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Individuals who are injured as a result of their employment have the right to receive compensation for their injuries. The workers’ compensation benefits attorneys at Mako & Associates have successfully represented many employees from Wilmington, North Carolina and all of southeastern North Carolina. Our workers’ compensation benefits lawyers will fight to ensure that you are not denied the benefits and earnings that you are eligible to receive if you have been injured while on the job.
Workers’ Rights
Workers’ Compensation Benefits
All employees have the right to come to work in a safe environment that does not put them at undue risk for injury or disease. Employers are required by law to ensure that safety regulations and training programs are in place in order to minimize the risk of workplace accidents. In addition, most employers are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance for their employees in the event that they are injured while on the job. Some employers are exempted from this requirement, including those in the farm, maritime, and railroad industries.
Contact our workers’ compensation attorneys to determine whether you are eligible to receive workers compensation benefits. If your company does not provide workers’ compensation coverage and you are hurt while on the job, our lawyers can file a personal injury lawsuit against the parties responsible for your injuries.
If your company does provide workers' compensation, you have two separate claims.
If your employer carries workers’ compensation insurance, then you may be eligible to file a workers’ compensation claim to receive workers compensation benefits if you suffer any type of injury or illness as a direct result of your employment. Employers may be required to pay benefits to employees who are injured at work even if the employee is at fault for the accident. For example, a construction company may still be required to pay workers’ compensation benefits to an employee whose injuries were caused by his or her own carelessness or negligence.
Workers’ compensation benefits include compensation for medical expenses, rehabilitative treatments, and medications. In addition, employees are eligible to receive two-thirds of their salary while they are unable to work. Additional damages may be awarded if the disability or injury is permanent and prevents the employee from ever working again.
Both full and part-time employees are eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits.
Contact the attorneys at Mako & Associates to schedule a thorough review of your case and to help ensure that you receive the full benefits that you are entitled to receive. If you have been working for a certain period of time prior to your injury and have paid social security taxes, you may also be eligible to receive social security disability benefits.
Contact the workers’ compensation benefits attorneys at our practice serving Wilmington, North Carolina, New Hanover County and all of southeastern North Carolina. Our workers’ compensation benefits lawyers will fight to ensure that you receive the full earnings that you deserve to cover the cost of medical bills, pain and suffering, and other damages.
Mako & Associates, P.A.
3208 Oleander Drive
Wilmington, North Carolina 28403
Phone: (910) 338-0300