Workman's Compensation and a Helpful Doctor
posted on 7 January 2012 | posted in
Construction and Industrial
As a teacher, I don’t work in an atmosphere that is as dangerous as some others – except in the science labs, accidents are actually quite rare - and it's not like we need to wear specialist ppe workwear. However, a co-worker of mine ended up turning a minor slip into a year of work without pay. Can you believe it? She was walking down the hallway to her room. There had been some water spilled on the floor, and no one had put up one of those yellow warning signs that tell you to stay away. She stepped into the water and slipped. Being fairly obese, she was not agile enough to regain her balance, and she fell hard on the floor. Bear in mind that this happened in the first week of October, so this was very early in the school year. She claimed workman’s compensation for her injury and found a doctor that would not release her back to work for the rest of the school year. Because there was no cause not to hire her, she received a new contract and came back the next year – extremely well rested.
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