Workers’ Compensation

Workers’ compensation is an invaluable resource for employees injured on the job. Workers’ compensation in Missouri provides nearly 67% of an injured employee’s standard wages as well as their medical care costs, and disability coverage when necessary, including temporary total disability. Temporary partial disability, permanent partial disability, and permanent total disability. It also provides...

Those injured at work have many questions and concerns about their rights and options. Workers’ compensation is available to injured employees in nearly any occupation, as long as an employer has five or more employees—or for a single employee in the construction industry. There were nearly 13,000 workers’ compensation claims in Missouri in 2023,...

You’ve always given your employer your best at work, but now an injury has you off your feet and unable to return to the workplace until you fully recover. Suffering a serious injury that keeps you from earning a living is a distressing experience. We all know that workers’ compensation is meant to be...

You put your best into your work, but when you’re hurt on the job it can quickly cause financial hardship. Thankfully, Missouri requires employers with five or more employees to provide workers’ compensation for employees injured or made ill at the workplace. Workers’ compensation in Missouri helps pay the medical bills for an injured...

Workers’ compensation and disability insurance protect you from injuries incurred on the job. However, there are critical differences between the two.Here are these policies’ key similarities and differences so you know the best options.What is workers’ comp?Workers’ comp is insurance offered by your employer. When you become sick or injured while performing work-related activities,...

Employers do not like to pay workers’ compensation benefits, but it is a law when you suffer an injury at work. Thanks to a benefit plan, you receive financial help for the medical care and treatment needed to recover from the injury. These benefits also replace lost wages due to the injury.Under Missouri law...