Your Michigan Workers Compensation Attorney

One of the hazards of work is that injuries happen and, when they do, they can have a detrimental affect on your financial and physical wellbeing. Not only do work related injuries affect you physically, depending on their seriousness, they may affect your ability to perform your job. This is called a loss of employability – meaning that because of your work injury your job opportunities have been significantly limited.

In order to assure that Michigan’s workers remain safe, healthy and financially sound in the face of a work-related injury, several specific legal areas have been developed. In Michigan, the workers compensation system and social security disability program provide compensation to injured workers. Unlike personal injury – where the injury occurs outside the work setting – workers compensation is a no fault system, meaning compensation is owed regardless of whether or not the employee or employer was at fault. In other words, there is no need to prove negligence.

Because workers compensation and social security law are what are called administrative law, they have their own unique rules and procedures. In order to ensure your workers compensation and/or social security case is fully presented to the administrative judge, it is essential you have the expertise of a Michigan Workers Compensation Lawyer or Michigan Social Security Attorney.

Attorney Jannelle J. Zawaideh is a Michigan Workers Compensation Lawyer dedicated to providing you the best in legal services with the personal, one-on-one commitment only found in a small law firm like The Law Offices of Jannelle J. Zawaideh. To start discussing the potential areas of compensation due from your work related injury, call our offices at 248-356-0600 and schedule a Free Phone Consultation with one of our Michigan Social Security Attorneys.

Michigan Workers’ Compensation at a Glance

• The sole purpose of the Michigan Workers Compensation system is to ensure injured workers receive appropriate medical care, lost wages, retraining and rehabilitation as needed.

• Most workers are covered by the law. Common exceptions include agricultural and federal workers. Some businesses with less than three employees may not fall under the compensation system.

• Michigan Workers Compensation law utilizes a specific formula for calculating loss of wage benefits. According to the law, wage loss benefits are calculated on 80 percent of the employee’s after-tax salary.

• All reasonably necessary medical expenses incurred as a result of the work related injury are to be paid for by the employer’s workers compensation insurance.

• When an employee is injured, they have to give their employee notice of the injury as soon as possible. Once reported, the employer has 30 days to investigate and make a decision as to whether or not they will accept liability.

Jannelle J. Zawaideh – Your Workers Comp Attorney

Without the expert knowledge of a Michigan Workers Compensation Lawyer, it is easy to become lost in the complex world of administrative law. Without the proper knowledge of administrative procedure – your case may fail to cover all the aspects required to receive a fair award of compensation or Social Security Disability.

The Law Offices of Jannelle J. Zawaideh specialize as Michigan Workers Compensation Lawyers and Michigan Social Security Attorneys. They provide a highly personalized and attentive approach to the law that can only be found at a small law office. Call us today and schedule your FREE PHONE CONSULTATION. The first step is to get informed and have your work-related or work-disabling injury professionally analyzed by a Michigan Workers Compensation Attorney. The Law Offices of Jannelle J. Zawaideh works on a contingency fee basis – meaning if you don’t recover, your attorney does not collect any attorney fees.

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