Report the injury to your employer by telling your supervisor right away. If your injury or illness developed over time, report it as soon as you learn or believe it was caused by your job. Reporting promptly helps prevent problems and delays in receiving benefits, including medical care you may need. If your employer does not learn about your injury within 30 days and this prevents your employer from fully investigating the injury and how you were injured, you could lose your right to receive workers’ compensation benefits. Get emergency treatment if you need it. Your employer may tell you where to go for treatment. Tell the health care provider who treats you that your injury or illness is job-related. Fill out a claim form and give it to your employer. Your employer must give or mail you a claim form within one working day after learning about your injury or illness.

Workers' comp insurance provides five basic benefits: Medical care: Paid for by your employer to help you recover from an injury or illness caused by work Temporary disability benefits: Payments if you lose wages because your injury prevents you from doing your usual job while recovering Permanent disability benefits: Payments if you don't recover completely from your injury Supplemental job displacement benefits (if your date of injury is in 2004 or later): Vouchers to help pay for retraining or skill enhancement if you don't recover completely and don't return to work for your employer Death benefits: Payments to your spouse, children or other dependents if you die from a job injury or illness.

Under the protection of the law, individuals who have filed for workers’ compensation will be guarded from any form of discrimination, negative repercussions, or other types of consequences due to filing a claim. If your employer has retaliated against you due to coming forward for your injury, we can help determine which course of action to take to further protect your interests and rights as an injured worker.