Workers who believe they contracted COVID-19 due to exposure at work, especially those suffering from ongoing long-haul symptoms, have rights and can file for workers’ compensation claims. There may be both cash and medical benefits that you can receive. With the pandemic into nearly two years, many hardworking New Yorkers are still experiencing long-haul COVID19 […]
New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang announced the arrest and indictment of a Staten Island man who allegedly falsified multiple COVID-19 test results over five consecutive months in 2020 to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. Ajani Shaw, 23, of Staten Island was arraigned yesterday afternoon in Richmond County Supreme Court before Hon. Alexander B. Jeong […]
NEW YORK, NY – Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Lorelei Salas today announced a settlement agreement with Los Olivos, a food distributor based in Farmingdale, NY, to resolve violations of the NYC Paid Safe and Sick Leave Law. The settlement requires the company to pay $22,000 to an NYC-based worker who was wrongfully terminated […]
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, we implored the Workers’ Compensation Board to do the right thing and make sure that the workers carrying us through this pandemic had the health care, wage replacement and even death benefits they need if they contract the virus on the job. Sadly, they have failed to act. That is […]