If you’ve been injured on the job in Ohio, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. Most workers in Ohio are covered under workers’ compensation, and the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) provides coverage for all eligible employees (unless their employers opt to self-insure). As an injured worker, […]

Filing for workers’ compensation in Ohio isn’t easy. There is a lot you need to know, and there are a lot of easy mistakes that can prevent you from collecting the benefits you deserve. To give yourself the best chance of collecting benefits for your on-the-job injury, you need to […]

Job-related injuries can have both physical and psychological effects. If you feared for your safety—or maybe even feared for your life—this can stay with you long after your physical injuries have healed. In legal terms, the psychological effects of the fear you experience during a traumatic accident are referred to […]

How Your Average Weekly Wage Is Calculated Probably one of the most questions that injured workers ask me is, “I was making so-and-so amount of money before I got injured, in fact I was supposed to get a raise, so why are my weekly workers comp pay checks so low […]

Sexual assault in the workplace is a major issue. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) receives thousands of sexual harassment complaints each year, and these complaints almost certainly represent just a small fraction of the total number of cases of sexual assault on the job. There is no justification […]