Workers’ Compensation

Workers’ compensation is insurance to provide medical expenses and lost wages to employees who are injured while working. Employers are required to have workers’ compensation insurance to cover these benefits.

Rhode Island

The Division of Workers’ Compensation monitors the workers’ compensation system, ensuring that appropriate documents are filed to protect injured workers and employers, that claims are paid correctly, that all required employers have insurance coverage, and that insurance carriers report policy information to the Division. The Division also compiles information about injuries and costs, provides educational services, and investigates fraud. The John E. Donley Rehabilitation Center provides physical and vocational rehabilitation services for injured workers.

Massachusetts

Pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 152, the Mission of the Department of Industrial Accidents is to administer the Commonwealth’s Workers’ Compensation system and provide prompt and fair compensation to victims of occupational injuries and illness, and to see that medical treatment to injured workers is provided in a timely manner while balancing the needs of employers to contain workers’ compensation insurance costs.

Shore Workers, Dock Workers and Boat Builders

Division of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation (DLWHC)

The mission of the DLHWC is to minimize the impact of employment injuries and deaths on employees and their families by ensuring that workers’ compensation benefits provided under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and its extensions are paid promptly and properly, and providing information, technical and compliance assistance, support, and informal dispute resolution services to workers, employers, and insurers.

For best results, it is important to obtain an experience workers’ compensation attorney. Benefits include –

Payment of medical bills
Payment of weekly wages
Scar and loss of use benefits
Vocational retraining
Settlement benefits

If you or a loved one is a victim of a injury at work, call the experienced lawyers at Karns Law Group now at (401) 841-5300. The initial consultation is free of charge there is no fee until we are successful. Protect your rights by contacting the Karns Law Group today.

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