If your doctor provides you with work restrictions, your employer may provide you with an offer of light-duty work. Light duty work is work within your restrictions. You may need to accept this job. Otherwise, your workers’ compensation payments may be stopped. To avoid this, it’s important to start by telling your doctor what you…
When Walmart advertises that its American-made goods will create 1 million new American jobs it avoids the fact that Walmart’s Chinese-made goods totaled at least $49.1 billion in 2013 and that the Walmart-based Chinese trade eliminated 400,000 American jobs per The Alliance of American Manufacturing. Furthermore, Walmart’s average sales Associated earned just $8.81 per hour…
There may be certain circumstances after an employee sustains a work related injury where surgery is important to be performed in order to alleviate the symptoms and provide him/her with greater function. Most often, doctors will try other methods of resolution before considering surgery such as chiropractic, injections, physical therapy or acupuncture. If you decide…
The workers compensation system in Minnesota and other states were initially established to provide benefits such as wage loss, medical benefits and rehabilitation for injured workers. Now….things are changing, causing serious consequences for thousands of employees’ who have suffered serious injuries at work. A ProPublica and NPR investigation found that the cutbacks can be so…
How to live with chronic pain? The fear and loneliness can be intense, leading to deep depression. It can feel terribly unfair. You were active and living life. Now, you feel like crap. You may even think, “I am dying!” What’s even more frustrating is going through dozens of examinations and hospital visits with no…
Mediation services for injured workers cases are offered through the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Workers Compensation Division and the Office of Administrative Hearings in St. Paul, MN. The advantage of utilizing the Office of Administrative Hearings is that Judges act in the role of a mediator and provide extensive knowledge and experience in…
FDA strengthens warning that non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can cause heart attacks or strokes. The Food and Drug Administration warns that pain relievers like ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin and generic) and naproxen (Aleve and generic), also known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, have an increased risk of triggering a heart attack or stroke, even…
Nearly 18 million people have gained health insurance due to the Affordable Care Act, but 10.5 million are still uninsured and could sign up for plans on state and federal exchanges. Open enrollment in the federal and state exchanges start Nov. 1. Minnesota is also providing a limited special enrollment period for Minnesotans who were…
Obtain a handicap parking permit by following these four steps: Print off the disability form at https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/dvs/forms-documents/Documents/MV_DisabilityParkingCertificate.pdf. Complete the top portion of the form and sign it. Ask your doctor to fill out the lower portion and sign it. Mail the application to the address on the back of the form or drop it off…
Employers are required to have workers’ compensation insurance for employees. If an employee has an injury and the employer has no insurance coverage, there are remedies available. An employee may request the Special Compensation Fund to provide benefits. In order to determine if you qualify for such assistance, please call our office. Every Case is…