When you hear stories about workplace accidents, your first thought is often probably a scenario in a more hazardous industry. For example, a construction worker falling from scaffolding or a logger getting caught in a piece of heavy machinery. What you may have never...
Does My Work Injury Qualify As A Consequential Injury?
When you are injured at work, every physical activity becomes harder to do. You are left compensating for your injury and straining the rest of your body as a consequence. What if you get hurt again, only this time not at work? What if the injury is a direct result of...
Preventing Minnesota Workplace Accidents Before Workers’ Compensation Is Necessary
Most employers are required to purchase workers’ compensation insurance in order to compensate employees who get injured on the job. However, many companies also have a legal team who try to reduce the amount employers and their insurance providers pay when workers...
Filing for Workers Compensation in Minnesota
What is workers’ compensation? Workers’ compensation is an insurance policy, paid for by the employer. The insurance plan was created to prevent legal action in personal injury cases from going to legal action. If an employee is injured or develops a medical condition...
Can I Be Fired For Reporting A Workers Compensation Injury? Learn the Truth!
When it comes to workplace injuries, for many employees their first thought is not obtaining proper medical care. Job security is a huge concern these days, especially with the economy not completely back to top form, and so many people worry that filing a workers...
When You Are Called An Independent Contractor But That Is just B.S.
Are you slaving away alongside other employees, but only getting paid as an independent contractor? It may be time to call B.S. on your employer! The workers’ compensation insurer can deny your claim if you are improperly classified as an independent contractor rather...
Is it legal to track company vehicles?
If you have company vehicles that employees use on a regular basis in Minnesota, you probably often worry about how well they are driving and how they behave when behind the wheel. You have every right to be concerned since you will ultimately end up at least somewhat...
How Does Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Law Work
Workers’ compensation is a form of insurance that provides salary replacement and medical benefits for workers injured in the course of their jobs. The insurance is paid for by employers in exchange for the relinquishment of the employees’ right to sue the employer...
Independent Contractor? You May Actually Be an Employee in the New Gig Economy
Over the past few years, the US has seen incredible growth in the sharing economy or “gig economy”. On one hand, sharing economy companies like Uber, Lyft and Postmates have created an infrastructure that allows people to make money on their own schedule, and without...
Minnesota Work Injuries and Frozen Shoulder – What You Should Know
Minnesota work injuries and frozen shoulder are very familiar to Minnesota workers’ comp attorneys. Given that many jobs involve employees constantly using their arms for heavy or repetitive lifting, this is not really surprising. Another common cause of shoulder...
