If the dress code violation involves safety equipment or mandatory protective gear, then the short answer can be “yes.” If a worker is struck in the head at a construction site, and they were not wearing their...
Category: Workers Compensation
In order to receive workers comp benefits under Virginia law, a disabled worker must prove that they sustained a sudden injury by accident. But what does this mean exactly? Does an injured worker have to know the exact time...
The rules of the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (“VWC”) require injuries on-the-job to have a specific event. If the disabled worker cannot point to the particular event that caused their injury, the...
Recently, we received a call from a woman who had fallen in a grocery store pharmacy and injured her lower back. We got the call for help nine years after the fall! The Statute of Limitations, which is the legal time limit...
Recently, the Workers’ Compensation team at Abrams Landau, Ltd. had been approached by injured workers who were hurt more than a year ago. Coming to us at this late date makes it very difficult to undo the harm caused...