Workers' compensation claims can sometimes involve work-related activities that an employee was engaged in outside of the actual workplace. The act that an employee was engaged in when they were injured, however, needs to be either directly authorized by the employer or related to activity that the employer authorized.
How should your municipality respond when a worker gets hurt?
There are a variety of reasons that employers, including municipalities, are sued. One of the more common ones why they face legal action is because employers fail to take the necessary steps that they should take when a worker gets hurt on the job. While the exact steps an employer may need to take may vary by jurisdiction, there are some general procedures any business entity must follow no matter where their headquarters is.
