Social Media Social Security Judges In Michigan are now checking your Facebook page, your Twitter page, snapchat and Instagram. They are looking for anything that would be inconsistent with your claimed disabilities. Therefore, you should shut down all of your social media, well before your social security hearing. You never know what a certain Social…

Michigan Worker’s Compensation is a wage loss system. You have 90 days to report a work injury which is called giving notice to your employer. If no Worker’s Compensation benefits have been paid you have two years  to file a claim or lawsuit with the Worker’s Compensation Bureau. Due to the complexity of the Michigan…

If your employer will not file a claim for you, you may file form WC-117 with the Agency. If your claim is disputed by the insurance company or self-insured employer, you may need to file a form WC-104A, Application for Mediation or Hearing. In most situations you would hire a Michigan Worker’s Compensation lawyer to…

What do you when you do when your hurt at work and your employer refuses to make a claim with its workers comp insurance carrier and or the State of Michigan First,  you must give notice to your employer that you have been hurt at work. Michigan law states that you must give notice within…

The question is, if you use vacation time or sick time during a workers compensation situation do you get your time back? The answer under Michigan Law is no. It is now considered substituted wages that are coordinated with workers comp. Essentially, the comp carrier gets a credit. You don’t get your time back. It’s…

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Unfortunately, since Gov. Synder changed the workers compensation act in 2011, Vocational Rehabilitation in a Michigan Workers Compensation case, has all but been eliminated.  I know its hard to believe as most of the language for vocational rehabilitation was left in the statute and the State of Michigan still sends a letter to all injured…

Michigan Worker’s Compensation attorney   Under the new Michigan Worker’s Compensation act passed by Governor Schneider in 2011 you must now treat with the work clinic or the doctor of the insurance companies choice for 28 days. After 28 days you have the right to treat with any doctor that you choose. However the insurance…