PA Worker's Compensation Lawyer

Workplace safety hazards are responsible for the disability and death of thousands of working men and women each year. Despite the massive efforts of organized labor to reduce the risk of workplace injury and death, every day you go to work you run the risk of being injured or killed while performing your job.

Awareness of workplace hazards is the most important way of avoiding injuries at work. Unfortunately, many of these hazards are not apparent to the work force and may even be unknown to your employer. Knowing your rights under Pennsylvania's Workers' Compensation Act is therefore of vital importance to every working man and woman in this Commonwealth. In most cases, the rights provided to you under the Workers' Compensation Act are your only rights against your employer when you are injured at work.

All workers' compensation benefits are paid by your employer or its workers' compensation insurance carrier. Too often, employers and insurance carriers are able to avoid their responsibility to injured workers simply because the workers do not know their rights under the Workers' Compensation Act. Next to being aware of the hazards of your particular workplace, the most important weapon you can have to protect yourself in the event of a work-related injury or fatality is your knowledge of your rights under the Workers' Compensation Act.

GPW's workers' compensation attorneys have decades of experience in handling not only workers' compensation, but Social Security disability, products liability, and personal injury cases on behalf of the working men and women of Pennsylvania. We have over 30 attorneys and a large full time support staff ready to answer your questions and assist you with any legal problems in these areas.

Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act:

• Who Is Entitled To Workers' Compensation Benefits?
• Covered Employees
• Covered Injuries
• Work-Related Aggravation Of A Pre-Existing Condition
• Occupational Diseases
• Giving Notice To Your Employer Of Occupational Injury Or Disease
• Filing A Claim
• Choosing Your Doctor
• Workers' Compensation Benefits Available
• Wage Loss Benefits: Total Disability
• Wage Loss Benefits: Partial Disability
• Notice Of Temporary Compensation Payable
• Medical Benefits
• Specific Loss Benefits
• Workers' Compensation Benefits For Fatality
• When The Company Accepts Your Claim - Being On Workers' Compensation
• Agreements And Supplemental Agreements For Compensation
• Termination Of Benefits
• The Final Receipt
• Suspension Of Benefits
• Special Supersedeas
• Notification Requirements
• Fraud
• Layoff
• Job Availability: Your Rights And Responsibilities
• Refusing Medical Treatment
• Credits And Offsets
• Settlements
• Workers' Compensation Benefits And Retirement
• Other Rights Available To Injured Workers
• Rights Against Third Parties
• Social Security Disability Benefits
• Unemployment Compensation Cenefits
• Americans With Disabilities Act
• Family And Medical Leave Act

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Please do not hesitate to contact our Workers' Compensation Department if you or a family member has been injured or has contracted a disease at work.