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Form Focus: N.Y. C-2F — Employer’s First Report of Work-Related Injury/Illness
Form Focus: N.Y. C-2F — Employer’s First Report of Work-Related Injury/Illness

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As is the case across the country, in New York, the workers' compensation process kicks off with the first report of injury. The C-2F is used to report a work-related injury […]
What Do You Think: Could N.Y. Worker Injured When Rail Fell on his Shoulder File Claim Nearly Two Years Later?
What Do You Think: Could N.Y. Worker Injured When Rail Fell on his Shoulder File Claim Nearly Two Years Later?

Long Island City, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Filing a late workers’ compensation claim for a compensable claim is not always the claim’s death knell. In New York, for example, there are three potential exceptions to the […]
Quick Hit: New N.Y. Notarization Rules
Quick Hit: New N.Y. Notarization Rules

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Among the many new things 2024 will bring is a change to notarization requirements in the Empire State. Effective Jan. 1, the notarization requirement fades off into the sunset and affirmations […]
MTA Worker Killed in NYC’s Herald Square Station
MTA Worker Killed in NYC’s Herald Square Station

New York City, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Officials with New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority said a subway worker had died Wednesday after he was dragged under a train. The accident happened around 12:15 a.m., MTA […]
What Do You Think: Can Mason Reap Benefits for Knee Condition that Job Made Worse? 
What Do You Think: Can Mason Reap Benefits for Knee Condition that Job Made Worse? 

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employees generally cannot collect workers’ compensation benefits if their disability preexisted their employment. But what if the worker had the injury prior to starting the job, yet the injury was […]
What Do You Think: May Snowplow’s Wife Get Benefits for Husband’s Fatal Heart Attack? 
What Do You Think: May Snowplow’s Wife Get Benefits for Husband’s Fatal Heart Attack? 

Islip, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Death benefits are not awarded simply because a spouse died at work; the death must be causally related to the worker’s employment. But what if there were both work-related and non-work-related […]
N.Y. Gov. Hochul Signs Bill Increasing Minimum Benefits for Injured Workers
N.Y. Gov. Hochul Signs Bill Increasing Minimum Benefits for Injured Workers

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Earlier this month, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that will increase the minimum workers’ compensation benefits, as part of a package of legislation designed to protect workers. S1161-A2034 will […]
N.Y. Auditor’s Stress Doesn’t Merit Workers’ Compensation Benefits
N.Y. Auditor’s Stress Doesn’t Merit Workers’ Compensation Benefits

Utica, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Ever hear someone say, "Work sucks"? Well, in Sakanovic v. Utica Mutual Insurance Co., 2023 WL 4936788 (N.Y. App. Div. 08/03/23), a New York court decided that work didn't suck enough […]