He's not your Average Joe!
He's a Workers'
Compensation Specialist!
Your Rights
Your Health and Your Rights Are Our Priority
You have a right to a safe and healthful workplace. If you've suffered an injury on the job, make sure you know what kind of benefits you might receive under workers' compensation coverage. Your employer - who is required to carry workers' compensation insurance coverage - should give you a workers' compensation claim to complete and return to him or her.
In some instances, legitimate workers' compensation claims may be denied by aggressive compensation carriers. An insurer can claim you haven't been injured, or that the injury you've suffered isn't serious enough to qualify for workers' compensation benefits. If this is the case, you may stand to lose critical benefits, such as medical care coverage, financial help and job retraining.
If you feel your legitimate benefits have been denied and you live in the California area, we'd like to talk to you to see if we can assist you through the appeals process.
Additional Rights Information
Your right to claim
You have the right to report any workplace injury or disease. If, at the time you're injured, you need an ambulance or transportation from your workplace to your doctor's office or the hospital, your employer is required to pay those costs.
It is the law for your employer to report any workplace injury or disease to Workers’ Compensation Board of BC or WorkSafeBC. Telling you not to report an injury or disease, or even trying to talk you out of reporting to WorkSafeBC, is against the law.
Your right to appeal decisions
If your claim or an aspect of your claim is not accepted by WorkSafeBC, we will send you a letter explaining the reasons and a brochure explaining the appeal process. If you don't understand the decision or the reasons behind it, contact the WorkSafeBC staff member who wrote the letter. You have a right to appeal a claim if you still object to the decision.
Your rights to access and privacy
You have a right to see your WorkSafeBC claim file and all records about your claim at any time. Your claim file and its contents will not be disclosed to anyone unless you request it. However, if you or your employer begin an appeal, your file becomes available to both of you. You may request a copy of information in your claim file and other information about you that may be located apart from your claim file.
Your rights when a third party is involved
If you're injured on the job and the cause was someone who is neither a worker nor an employer, you can choose to sue for damages rather than claiming compensation from WorkSafeBC. However, you cannot sue an employer or a fellow worker. For information contact your nearest WorkSafeBC office.
Work accidents can be even worse when your Workers' Compensation insurance lets you down.
Your medical and living expenses keep stacking up while you try to get better without stressing yourself out.
You need someone to stand up for you and help the Workers' Compensation Company do the right thing for you!
It's time to call Joseph Kritzer! He's not your average Joe-
He's a Workers' Compensation Specialist.
LAW OFFICE OF
JOSEPH A. KRITZER
3812 Sepulveda Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90505
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LAW OFFICE OF
JOSEPH A. KRITZER
3812 Sepulveda Blvd.
Torrance, CA 90505
Tel: (310) 373-6821
Mon.-Thurs. 9am-5pm
Fri 9am-12pm
www.attorneyjosephkritzer.com
E-mail: info@josephakritzer.com
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