If you are on workers comp for a work related injury?
If you are on workers comp for a work related injury can your employer fire you?or lay you off? If you were put on light duty, and sent to another department to workon light duty. The workman”s comp has not filed off on the case yet I’m still under a doctors care for the injury.
As long as it wasn’t retaliation for the WC claim, probably yes. of course, most employers are too scared of a retaliation law suit to actually do such a thing.
Bull… employers file people all the time.. retaiation has nothing
to do with this. It would be the IW how would have to prove there
is any discrimination. If you are eligible for leave under FMLA,
you should request that now. FMLA provides up to 12 weeks of job
protection including employer paid benefits. Don’t know what you
mean by not “filed off” on the claim yet…? The claim is open
until you are paid a cash lump sum to close out everything and
agree not to come back. YOu also agree to pay out of your pocket
for any additional treatment if you take the cash payment.