At GG&F, it is our Mission to Relentlessly Protect your Rights. Always. We are here to answer your questions, inform you of your rights, and use our experience to obtain the best possible result for you. We also want to ensure that you understand our role in the process of obtaining the benefits you are
Can Undocumented Affect My Worker Compensation? In the workers’ compensation system, all workers, regardless of their immigration status, are entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits. The workers’ compensation system is intended to help employees who are injured on the job to receive replacement wages (temporary disability), medical treatment, and permanent residual impairment compensation whenever an
If your claim is accepted, you are entitled to Temporary Total Disability (TTD) payments in the event you are not able to work due to your work injury. TTD benefits are calculated based on 2/3 of your Average Weekly Earnings based on your earning capacity, not necessarily your actual wages. TTD benefits continue until the doctor
During the course of your claim, the worker’s compensation (WC) carrier may offer you a lump sum settlement, called a Compromise and Release (C&R). The advantage of settling your claim is that you may choose your own doctor instead of being forced to use the WC carrier’s doctors. You may decide when you get the treatment and
Here Some Guidance to Covid 19 and Workers Compensation Were you or a loved one exposed to novel coronavirus at work? If you believe that to be true, then workers’ compensation (WC) benefits may be available to you or your loved ones. The WC system delivers benefits to those who suffer an injury at work,
We are all living in unprecedented times. That is no different in the legal world. That said, the benefits of technology have allowed some things to continue with some modifications in procedures while other things have been changed completely. We have attempted to centralize the various changes to inform our clients and the community at