With COVID-19 ever-present on our minds, we’re always wondering what it will affect next. It’s changed the way we do everything. The latest change is the eligibility requirements for workers’ compensation. According to the Department of Labor (DOL), the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) …
Blog
Can the Family of an Atlanta Nightclub Employee Get Workers’ Compensation Death Benefits?
In October 2020, an employee of an Atlanta nightclub was shot and killed while working. On Thursday, October 29 at 2:20 a.m., officers arrived on the scene of the Members Only lounge, a nightclub in northeast Atlanta owned by the rapper 2 Chainz. An employee had been shot in the chest. Though he …
Georgia Tyson Foods Worker Killed on the Job in Industrial Accident
On September 3, 2020, an unidentified maintenance worker at Tyson Foods’ Vienna, GA poultry processing plant, located 55 miles south of Macon, died on the loading dock. The 58-year-old man was pronounced dead on the scene by the Dooley County coroner, Ricky Hudson. No further details have been …
Can Injured or Ill Poll Workers Get Workers’ Comp in Georgia?
As the election season winds to close, the word still continues for many poll workers—as it has for months now leading up to Election Day. Poll workers have a lot to do before and after Election Day. In that time, there are a number of things that can go wrong, including injury or illness to the …
College Students Debate Workers’ Compensation for PTSD-Only Claims
Currently, all states allow injured workers to be compensated for some form of “mental” injuries (such as post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD), as long as there’s a corresponding physical injury. Far fewer states allow workers to file a workers’ compensation claim solely for PTSD or another …
Georgia Workers’ Compensation
For Injuries During a Robbery
or Other Criminal Act
For 26-year-old Khain Ladley, it started as just a typical day. He was beginning his new job as a sign dancer for Green Light Smoke in Athens, GA. Sign dancers are the people who stand on the side of the road and twirl their advertisements for passing motorists to see. During his first hour on the …
