{"id":5182,"date":"2021-05-31T09:39:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T09:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aiellolawgroup.com\/?p=5182"},"modified":"2025-11-03T15:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T21:55:23","slug":"injury-at-work-employer-responsibilities-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aiellolawgroup.com\/news\/injury-at-work-employer-responsibilities-explained","title":{"rendered":"Injury At Work & Employer Responsibilities Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Injury<\/a><\/p>\n

Workers compensation<\/a> is a legal right for all employees that suffer any type of injury at work<\/a>. However, that doesn\u2019t mean there won\u2019t still be pushback if\/when you go to claim it. Companies try all the time to convince employees that they don\u2019t offer workers compensation<\/a>, or that the victim is ineligible, just to save money. Or worst of all, will convince the employee to lie in exchange for a much lesser, under-the-table settlement. That\u2019s why, as an employee in Michigan<\/a>, it is your responsibility to know exactly what your employer is responsible for, and get in touch with trained workers compensation attorneys, like ours at Aiello Law Group<\/a>, if you\u2019ve suffered an injury at work<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wage Loss Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the most important benefits you\u2019re going to want to make sure you claim first if your injury is going to keep you out of work for a while are your wage loss benefits. These benefits allow you to continue receiving a percentage of your income, 80% in fact, while you\u2019re not at work. The actual figure is determined by averaging your 39 highest earning weeks out of the last 52 paid, including all overtime, bonuses, holiday pay, income from second jobs, etc. Be advised though, many companies will try to get out of paying you wage loss benefits by offering you \u201creasonable employment\u201d instead, which is often nothing more than a fake title and menial tasks meant to help them avoid the payout.<\/p>\n

Medical Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Any time an employee is injured on the job<\/a>, they are entitled to have all necessary medical bills and health-related expenses covered<\/a>, without any copay. If your employer is telling you otherwise, it\u2019s time to speak to a workers’ compensation lawyer<\/a>. Anyone else who has your best interest in mind will tell you that it is the law for a company to cover medical care<\/a> after an injury at work<\/a>. Victims even have the right to choose their own doctors and specialists after 28 days from their treatment start date, which is super important. A lot of the time, insurance companies will force employees to see bias doctors to try and reduce their liability and manipulate the system so they can cease benefits \u2013 but you have to stick up for you!<\/p>\n

Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, if you\u2019ve suffered an injury at work<\/a> that has left you unable to ever return, you are fully entitled to up to two years worth of vocational rehabilitation benefits to help you learn new skills and trades to get you back out into the workforce without compromising your physical health. Just be weary of anyone your insurance company sends you way. Like the bias doctors, bias counselors will use misleading assessments to undercut your claims and reduce the amount you\u2019re owed.<\/p>\n

There is one way to make sure you\u2019re awarded maximum wage loss benefits, superior medical care without the conflict, and exceedingly beneficial vocational support: trust our trained workers compensation attorneys<\/a><\/strong> at Aiello Law Group<\/a>! Call us, today, at 313.964.4900 <\/a>or fill out the form in the sidebar or on our contact page<\/a>, and learn more about how we can help you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Workers compensation is a legal right for all employees that suffer any type of injury at work. However, that doesn\u2019t mean there won\u2019t still be pushback if\/when you go to claim it. Companies try all the time to convince employees that they don\u2019t offer workers compensation, or that the victim is ineligible, just to save […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-workers-compensation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nInjury At Work & Employer Responsibilities Explained - Social Security Disability Attorneys | Workers Compensation Attorneys | Elder Law Attorneys | Aiello Law Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Injury At Work & Employer Responsibilities Explained. Call Aiello Law Group at 313.964.4900 or fill out the form below, today! 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