Can You Get Workers’ Comp for COVID-19?

If you’ve been sick with the coronavirus a.k.a COVID-19, can you get workers’ comp if you've missed work due to infection? Can workers’ comp address the emotional stress and anxiety faced by essential workers?

Sarah E. Stottlemyer, a partner at Stottlemyer & Associates, LLC, says that her firm is currently handling workers’ comp claims for medical personnel and first responders who cannot work due to infection.

If you’ve suffered any sort of work-related injury or disease, you can get answers by scheduling a free consultation with a workers’ comp attorney.

Contact her directly at 888-981-8971.

0:34 - Have you seen COVID-19 have an effect on workers’ comp in your current cases?
1:15 - Can people still work with your firm electronically?
1:47 - If someone contracts COVID-19 due to their job, does this qualify them for workers’ comp?
3:25 - If you think you were infected at work, what should you do?
4:38 - How long do you need to be out of work to file a workers’ comp claim?
5:23 - How can you apply for benefits?
6:32 - Should I contact a workers’ comp attorney?
7:29 - What about high anxiety and emotional distress faced by essential employees forced to go to work?
9:38 - Do you think changes are coming to the workers’ comp landscape due to this pandemic?

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[SrDom]

My job denied my workers comp but approved my co worker. They took my sick time but gave him his sicktime back. How can I fight this. Because I got covid 19 from the work place.

[matthewferguson]

What if you were quarantined due to a co-worker being found positive from covid-19 and forced to use your sick time for two weeks.

[tyreehall]

My job is making us use our personal time when our test results come back negative....So if we got exposed to a patient that is positive for COVID-19 we have to take 14 days If positive the job will pay us for them 14 days if negative we have to still quarantine for 14 days but have to use our own personal time

[tedlonge]

So we only care about front line workers and not essential workers. But a fall at home on the phone counts. The system is clearly broken.

[ruec]

What if your family member dies from contracting Covid19 on the job..