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Injured on the Job? 3 Things to Immediately Do

October 4, 2022 by Tim McMahon

Injuries on the job are common, but a severe injury may affect your ability to work for that day, for a week, or even for several years. In this case, you may be entitled to damages from medical bills and lost wages. It’s important to know what to do after sustaining a work injury – otherwise, you may not receive the benefits you deserve. Following the proper procedures will protect your rights as an employee, including your right to worker’s compensation. Here are three important things to do immediately after a workplace accident.

1) Report Your Job-Related Injury in a Timely Manner

If an accident happens at work, it’s best to report it to your employer immediately, if possible. Establishing the timeline early makes it easier to track your condition in case it worsens, allowing insurance companies to trace the injury back to the workplace accident. Many states also have a deadline for reporting your injury. A report to your employer will likely be required for you to receive worker’s compensation. Therefore, it’s in your best interest to make this your first step.

2) Get a Medical Evaluation

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Income Inequality — Why Workers Aren’t Getting Ahead

May 27, 2015 by Guest Contributor

By Windriven

Recovery from the Great Recession has been slow and uneven. Six years in and U3 unemployment is finally down to 5.4%, U6 has dipped below 11%. Why are there so few voices claiming victory and why do their claims ring a bit hollow?

This chart from the Federal Reserve provides a clue. It plots labor’s share – salary and wages – of Gross Domestic Product.

In the postwar years, the American economy was doing well. As the chart above shows, American workers’ share of GDP taken as wages and salaries was about 50% in those years. That began to change in the early 70s and today the share of GDP taken as wages and salaries is less than 43%. Productivity continued to rise. GDP continued to grow. But workers were getting a progressively smaller piece of [Read more…] about Income Inequality — Why Workers Aren’t Getting Ahead

Why Businesses Should Retain Older Workers

July 26, 2012 by Simon Rattray

Retaining Older Workers

The UK is suffering one of the longest recessions on record and the U.S. has one of the highest unemployment rates in decades. Although unemployment has come down slightly in past few months, one of the main problems is long-term youth unemployment. The main reason behind the sustained level of youth unemployment is a lack of jobs generally, but particularly a lack of apprenticeships.

However, another reason that has been put forward by some is that older workers are staying in the workplace longer than they have in the past and are thus preventing the younger generation from getting a foot on the employment ladder. This may or may not be true and correlation does not prove causation of course. That is to say just because more older workers are staying in their jobs does not mean that younger generation are being held back. In any instance, retaining older workers can yield many benefits for a business, some of which are outlined below…

Experience

Older workers by virtue of their age have more experience than younger workers. This not only includes actual work experience but also older workers have more life experience. This can prove invaluable in a huge number of situations including how they interact with other staff, how they handle customers or clients and how they conduct themselves within the business. In addition, life experience can often be readily translated into work skills. For example a Mum returning to the work place can apply skills used in managing a family to managing an office. [Read more…] about Why Businesses Should Retain Older Workers