When going about your day or at work, accidents may happen due to your own mistakes or the negligence of others. When you suffer an injury while working, you might think you can file a personal injury claim against your employer, but this is not always the case. Under Texas law, injured employees file workers' compensation claims, wh[...]
Date: January 6, 2025 / Personal Injury / Workers CompensationEmployers have a duty to provide a safe working environment, and personal protective equipment (PPE) goes a long way toward keeping workers safe. However, as often seen, employers want to save money and minimize spending, so they may fail to provide PPE or provide equipment that is not up to industry standard. What happens when an[...]
Date: December 13, 2024 / Workers CompensationAccidents and injuries, including fatal ones, happen far too often in the workplace. Nationally, a worker is injured on the job every 7 seconds, according to the National Safety Council (NSC). The agency reported that in 2022, the number of preventable work deaths increased by 5%, totaling 4,695, and work-related injuries requiring m[...]
Date: June 27, 2024 / Workers Compensation / Workplace Safety NewsOur H-E-B Non-Subscriber Lawyer Helps Win Compensation In most states, workers who are injured on the job are covered by workers’ compensation, an insurance program that provides medical, rehabilitation, and income benefits for workplace-related injuries and illnesses. Employees benefit from workers’ comp by knowing that if th[...]
Date: December 21, 2022 / Workers CompensationDoes Amazon have workers’ comp? The answer to that question for Amazon facilities in Texas is “no.” Texas is the only state in the country that does not require most employers to provide workers’ compensation insurance coverage to employees who are injured on the job. Employers who opt out of the workers’ comp insurance sys[...]
Date: July 26, 2022 / Workers CompensationTexas stands alone among the 50 states in not requiring most employers to carry workers’ compensation insurance for their employees, and for years the system was in dire straits. Fortunately, in the years since 2003, the system has been improving. Workers’ comp is an insurance program that provides medical, rehabilitation, an[...]
Date: April 30, 2021 / Workers CompensationWhen you work in a hospital as a health care worker, you know helping the sick and injured can be incredibly rewarding. Unfortunately, the chances of being injured are also high. Hospital workers have some of the highest injury rates of any industry. In fact, health care workers are more likely to be injured on the job than workers i[...]
Date: February 24, 2021 / Workers CompensationIt’s an important question that many Texas workers are forced to grapple with: What happens if an employer does not have workers' comp? Unfortunately for workers, when an employer does not have workers' comp, employees are not eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. However, this doesn’t mean that a worker is without o[...]
Date: August 24, 2020 / Workers CompensationThe general answer to this question is “no.” To collect unemployment benefits in Texas, you must be physically able and available to work. In other words, you will be expected to actively look for work. You will also be expected to accept work if offered when you are on unemployment. However, the reality is that if your injury le[...]
Date: June 29, 2020 / Workers CompensationIf you get injured and can’t work in Texas, you have several options, depending on your circumstances. For injuries that happen on the job, both Texas law and federal laws state that workers have the right to a safe work environment, and the OSHA provides many regulations to help ensure safety. Employers do not always abi[...]
Date: June 4, 2020 / Workers Compensation