Supplemental Workers Compensation

The Employer required that employees report all injuries, even if the employee did not consider the injury to be serious. Any employee that failed to report an accident or near miss in a timely manner could be subjected to discipline up to and including termination.

Meals or lodging (unless the classification phraseology specifically includes them or they are provided in lieu of wages) Tips. Overtime excess pay (the increase above the regular hourly wage)

A prospective employer has no right to ask whether you have had a previous workers' compensation claim. However, a prospective employer does have the right to know if you have an injury or medical condition that will impact on your ability to perform your work duties.

Inclusions in payroll for Workers Compensation insurance:Bonuses including stock bonus plans. Extra pay for overtime work, with exception. Pay for holidays, vacations, or periods of sickness.

If you haven't reported your injury, your employer may deny you medical treatment and benefits for missed time from work.Also, if the accident isn't filed immediately, your employer may deny the accident happened or claim that it took place outside of work.

Workers' comp insurance premiums are calculated according to how employees are classified (with regards to the specific type of work they perform) and the rate assigned to each employee classification. The premium rate itself is expressed as dollars and cents per $100 dollars of payroll for each class code.

All injuries, no matter how minor, must be reported within 24 hours of the injury.It must be reported to our workers' compensation department in case the injury becomes worse and needs medical attention in the future. That way, the reporting of the injury will not be considered late by the state.

A worker is disqualified where the injury: (1) is caused by the worker's own intoxication (alcohol or other controlled substance as defined by the Health and Safety Code; (2) is intentionally self-inflicted; (3) occurs out of an altercation (mutual combat) where the claimant was the initial physical aggressor; (4) ...

In regards to getting fired for getting injured, every employee is granted legal protection from undue backlash and workplace penalties. As an extension of the whistleblower act, you cannot be terminated solely for being injured on-the-job.