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Oklahoma Workers' Compensation
Workers' Compensation is a statutory compromise between employers and injured
employees and the general provisions are simplified below.
Employer's duties include:
- Employer must provide prompt medical attention to injured employees.
- Employer must financially compensate an employee if the employee is not
able to work due to the injuries (this is generally Temporary Total Benefits [TTD]
but can also be Temporary Partial Benefits).
- Employer must compensate an employees lost earnings potential due to the
injury.
Employees must:
- Promptly notify the employer of the injury.
- Must participate in the medical care for optimum recovery.
If you are injured while on the job by someone else's negligent act or
because of defective products, you have
an option to elect your remedy -- do you sue the negligent person or company or
do you pursue the workers' compensation claim?
There are often many twists and turns in workers' compensation claims and an
injured person should be very cautious about not engaging an attorney at the
earliest possible time.
See
http://www.oklahomaworkcomp.com/ for additional information about workers'
compensation claims in Oklahoma.
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