Worker’s compensation provides benefits to people who have been injured at the workplace. All Georgia employers are mandated by law to have workers’ compensation insurance if one of their employees becomes injured or ill while on the job. For Georgia workers that have sustained a workplace injury, it is important to understand the state’s worker’s compensation benefit laws. The claims process can be very complex, and the evidence needed to receive benefits needs to be sufficient. As such, you may want to hire a Gwinnett County workers’ compensation lawyer to help you receive full benefits.
What is Workers’ Compensation?
Georgia’s workers’ compensation was created to help people injured on their job to receive treatment and return to work. Workers’ compensation is essentially an insurance program employers purchase to cover any employees who sustain any illness or injury on the job. The injury or illness must have occurred in the course of employment and is not contingent on whether the employer did anything to cause the injury. The coverage may provide the employee coverage for medical care, rehabilitation costs, and lost income. In return for paying for worker’s comp insurance, an employer is protected from any personal injury lawsuit claims from an employee.
