2. Legal Articles
  3. Employment

REFINE BY AREAS

Search Legal Articles

Legal Articles, Workers' Compensation

Overtime and Wage Claims

Know your rights when it comes to the wages that your employer must pay you.

Workers' Compensation and Knee Injuries

Workers who are required to perform the same functions on a continual basis often suffer from what is known as repetitive motion injuries.

Should You Accept the Workers' Compensation Settlement Offer?

Receiving your workers' compensation benefits is not always as simple as the system was initially designed to be.

Workers' Compensation and Construction Accidents

The construction industry has the highest rate of non-fatal and fatal work-related injuries.

Defining a Work-Related Injury

Many factors are considered with a workers' compensation claim; there is a lot of room for an employer or the insurance company to deny a claim.

Who is Exempt From Workers' Compensation?

Every state requires employers to have workers' compensation insurance in place to protect the rights of injured workers. However, exemptions are allowed for smaller-sized businesses, certain job categories, and top-level employees.

Working with a Missouri Workers' Compensation Lawyer

If you have been injured on the job, consulting with an experienced workers' compensation attorney will be in your best interest.

Important Things You Must Do After a Work-Related Injury

It is important that you take the greatest care to safeguard your rights to fair workers' compensation benefits.

What You Should Know About Missouri Workers' Compensation

Work-related injuries are common and Missouri has rules in place to help you if you have suffered an on-the-job injury.

How Pre-Existing Conditions May Affect Workers' Compensation Benefits

Injured workers who have aggravated a pre-existing condition with a work injury may be eligible for workers' compensation benefits.

Legal Articles Additional Disclaimer

Lawyer.com is not a law firm and does not offer legal advice. Content posted on Lawyer.com is the sole responsibility of the person from whom such content originated and is not reviewed or commented on by Lawyer.com. The application of law to any set of facts is a highly specialized skill, practiced by lawyers and often dependent on jurisdiction. Content on the site of a legal nature may or may not be accurate for a particular state or jurisdiction and may largely depend on specific circumstances surrounding individual cases, which may or may not be consistent with your circumstances or may no longer be up-to-date to the extent that laws have changed since posting. Legal articles therefore are for review as general research and for use in helping to gauge a lawyer's expertise on a matter. If you are seeking specific legal advice, Lawyer.com recommends that you contact a lawyer to review your specific issues. See Lawyer.com's full Terms of Use for more information.