Workers Compensation

<h1>Injury at Work</h1><h3>While at your usual place of work, you experienced an injury. This injury may cause you a lot of pain and suffering, medical bills to treat this injury, and may put you out of work and you will lose your income. All these consequences may cause you a lot of stress and worry.</h3><h2>Within the State of New York, all employers are legally required to have workers compensation insurance for their employees. This means if you are hurt on the job, your employer is mandated to give you compensation for your injuries.</h2><h3>We commonly represent workers who were injured on the job in these scenarios:</h3><ol><li>Injury working at a construction site</li><li>Injury working at a restaurant</li><li>Injury while operating Uber or Lyft</li><li>Injury while operating employer’s motor vehicle</li><li>Injury working in the supermarket</li><li>Injury working in a store</li><li>Injury working at nail salon</li></ol>If you were injured while working and do not fit into one of the above scenarios, you are still entitled to workers compensation. Please contact us for a free consultation.Employer can not retaliate worker based on workers' compensation claim.&nbsp;Bhurtel Law Firm has successfully represented US citizens, Green card holders, work authorization holders and undocumented/non citizen who were able to receive worker's compensation benefits.<h2>If you are hurt on the job</h2>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Seek Medical Attention:&nbsp;Call a Pre-hospital care provider (ambulance) and follow their recommendations. Seek a medical professional after the accident to assess the severity of your injuries.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Let your employer know about the injury immediately:&nbsp;You have thirty days from the date of your injury to alert your employer that you were hurt on the job.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Call the police:&nbsp;If this is an auto accident, make sure to create an accident report with the police to document the facts. If you need an interpreter, let the police know immediately.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Contact a lawyer:&nbsp;A lawyer will be able to assist you in what steps you need to take next.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Keep Records:&nbsp;Keep all medical documents you receive relating to your injuries, as well as take pictures of your injuries and what caused them. Obtain the information of any witnesses to your injury if there are any.<h2>What kind of compensation am I entitled to?</h2>Loss of wages up to 66.66 percentage of your weekly salary which is subject to cap.Medical care cost. such as hospital bills, doctor's bills, therapy bills etc.Travel cost for visiting doctor/hospital for medical care. Together, we will guide you through the process of applying for your workers’ compensation and will be your advocate for what is needed to assist you in your recovery. Compensation begins almost immediately after your injury. <h3>Contact us for a free consultation — We are ready to help you establish your Workers' Compensation claim</h3>Mr. Durga P. Bhurtel has been selected for Top 50 Settlement Attorney of New York for 2018 and 2023Bhurtel Law Firm provides flexible hours at its office in NYC. Our attorney serves clients in New York City Area (Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island), Long Island (Suffolk and Nassau), and the entirety of New York State. If you cannot make it to our office, we come to your home.<a href="https://attorneybhurtel.com/contact-us/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(27, 48, 88); background-color: transparent;">Contact us</a>&nbsp;by email at info@attorneybhurtel.com or call us at&nbsp;212-461-4628. In personal injury cases, we offer free initial consultations and are compensated on a contingency-fee basis, which means you owe us nothing unless you receive compensation. We speak English Nepali, Hindi, Urdu and Spanish. Please be advised that past results do not guarantee future results. Please take notice that this is not legal advice. This is an advertisement. If you need legal advice, please&nbsp;<a href="https://attorneybhurtel.com/contact-us/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(27, 48, 88); background-color: transparent;">contact</a>&nbsp;Bhurtel Law Firm.

Workers Compensation / Work Injury

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In the event workers injured during his/her work such as construction work, business work, restaurant work, Nail salon work, delivery work, office work, repair or maintenance work, Uber driver, Lyft driver, taxi driver may claim workers compensation if he/she injured at his/her work.Workers is entitled to following benefits if hes/he injured at work:Loss of wages up to 66.66 percentage of your weekly salary which is subject to cap.Medical care cost. such as hospital bills, doctor.s bills therapy bills etc.Travel cost for visiting doctor/hospital for medical care.In New York all employer should provide workers compensation insurance for injured worker. Employer can not retaliate worker based on worker filed workers' compensation claim.Even if workers in undocumented or who does not have work authorization still eligible for worker compensation benefits.Bhurtel Law Firm has been successfully represented US citizen, Green card holder, work authorization holder and/or undocumented or non citizen who was able to receive worker's compensation benefit.

When workers are working for employer and injured in the course of their employment, such worker may entitled workers compensation benefits. 

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