Legal Question in Workers Comp in Connecticut

Re: Systematically Eliminated

You have raised a number of different issues. If you were injured at work and if your employer is not contesting the claim, you are entitled to a variety of benefits including payment of medical bills, lost wages (according to a formula), and benefits for any permanent injury you are left with. There are other benefits, but these are the major ones. The system is supposed to be receptive to claimants pursuing their claims without attorneys, but it is becoming increasingly difficult for people to do this on their own. Make sure your claim has been filed using a Form 30C. Make sure that the workers comp. carrier is paying for your med. bills and not your health carrier. Make sure calculations of your wage benefits and workers compensation rate are correct. If all of this is going along half way decently, you may want to wait and seek an attorney when your employer or the workers comp. carrier starts to get nasty or things get too confusing.

An employer cannot fire a person for making a workers compensation claim. Most employers are smart enough to disguise their intent and end up papering a person's file so that they fire you for another claimed reason. That may be what is happening to you. If so, it is a violation of 31-290a and you may seek a remedy in the workers comp. forum or in court. The damages differ in each. An employer is not required to keep an injured worker who cannot perform their normal work, but it sounds like you can return to work. Your employer may also claim that it is downsizing since the "property" is being sold. The next question would be are they only letting you go. Many different variables.

Hope this helps.

Greg Cantwell

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