Personal injury laws are in place to protect the legal rights of injured victims in Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the country. Victims are not only able to seek justice, but the civil justice system also enables them to seek monetary compensation to cover medical expenses, loss of wages, hospitalization, surgery and even long-term healthcare and [...]

Despite safety rules and regulations for working environments, workplace accidents continue to take place in Reading, PA and across our nation. There are numerous types of work accidents in Reading that may cause an employee to endure serious or catastrophic injury. While the road to recovery for these types of injuries may be challenging, workers’ [...]

Workplace accidents in Berks County, Pennsylvania happen far too often despite safety rules and regulations being implemented by the Occupational Health & Safety Administration. In order to ensure that the rights of workers are protected when a work injury accident takes place, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry examines and oversees specific regulations as [...]

Some individuals with disabilities in Harrisburg and throughout Pennsylvania sustained their debilitating injury while on the job. However, several of these afflicted individuals are highly motivated to find new employment or return to previous jobs despite their disability. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry recently announced that $4.2 million in grants is going towards [...]

Workers’ compensation insurance fraud and abuse contributes to the deconstruction of a system that provides injured workers with financial assistance during tough physical and emotional times. Employees who are unable to fulfill their job duties, either to a complete or partial degree, due to a work injury may qualify for certain monetary support through employment [...]

Pennsylvania workers’ compensation law provides for a number of benefits for workers who are injured on the job. Benefits include payment for lost wages, for the loss of function of certain specific body parts, for medical expenses, and even death benefits if the injury results in the worker’s death.

Most people associate workers’ compensation lawsuits to a physical injury that takes place while on the job, or perhaps resulting from incidents of discrimination or sexual harassment. But what about employers who are victims of bullying?

Workers compensation is insurance an employer pays for to cover any employee that is injured on the job. One of the benefits of workers comp insurance is that the employee can get immediate medical attention regardless of whether they can pay for it or not. Another benefit is that the employee can receive disability benefits [...]

For those of you who do not know it, if you work for a company who employs more than 50 people, you may be eligible to get up to twelve weeks of leave a year (unpaid, that is) if you or a member of your immediate family is seriously ill or after a child is [...]

You have a laptop in your home office. You purposely do not save any information on your computer at work because you know your employer has a right to read anything stored on the local drive or network. Your boss can even check the websites you visit. So you wait until you get home to [...]