Dec 1, 2020, 4:00 PM
Eight months into the coronavirus outbreak in New York, frontline workers and their families continue to struggle to receive workers' compensation and death benefits for covid-related injuries incurred on the job. A Gotham Gazette analysis of claim data from the Workers' Compensation Board reveals…
Oct 28, 2020, 12:12 PM
NY Workers' Compensation Board by The Numbers. Where the money comes from and how it is spent by the board.
Sep 8, 2020, 3:33 PM
COVID-19 and New York State Workers' Compensation...a system built for workers' continues to disappoint them..."Employers and insurance companies are insisting employees, even those directly exposed to the virus, can’t prove they got sick at work."
Sep 4, 2020, 10:07 PM
The Workers' Compensation Board, created to ensure that injured workers' obtain the benefits they are entitled to, is not only filing an appeal of an award to the injured worker's family, but is also permitting the carrier to withhold benefits pending the Court of Appeals decision. Please go to the…
Aug 2, 2020, 3:46 PM
Spackenkill student's court case could set precedent in posthumous workers compensation.
Dec 1, 2020, 4:00 PM
Eight months into the coronavirus outbreak in New York, frontline…
Nov 2, 2020, 12:31 PM
Do you think you contacted COVID at work. Here is the information you…
Oct 28, 2020, 12:12 PM
NY Workers' Compensation Board by The Numbers. Where the money comes…
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