Note: Workers’ Compensation law in Pennsylvania is highly complex with many nuances. The section below is a general description of our Practice helping clients with Return To Work Requirements/Obligations. For specific questions on your individual circumstances and your individual Workers’ Compensation Claim, please call us at 1.888.536.2426 so we can provide you with the most accurate information possible.
Few sections of the Workers’ Compensation Act in Pennsylvania cause more concern among injured workers than Return to Work Requirements/Obligations. We have seen cases where workers are pressed and even harassed to return to work long before they feel it’s safe to do so. We work to ensure that does not happen to our clients.
The Workers’ Compensation lawyers at Lenahan & Dempsey thoroughly understand all the rules and the obligations employers owe to you as an injured worker.
We are highly aggressive and fight tirelessly for your rights. Call us after any work injury so we can begin protecting your rights. Once brought on board, we will handle all communication with your employer or its insurer so you can concentrate on returning to good health.
Obligations of Employers To Injured Workers
Employers in Pennsylvania have a number of legal obligations when it comes to calling for the return to work of employees who have been injured on the job. These obligations include:
1. Employers must secure medical evidence of an injured worker’s ability to return to work.
2. Employers must provide a State form called a Notice Of Ability To Return To Work, alerting the injured party that a medical provider believes the injured worker is capable of returning to work.
3. Employers, in good faith, must verify whether the employer at the time of injury has suitable employment available to the injured worker within the medical restrictions/limitations relied on by the employer.
4. Employers must ensure that the return to work job duties assigned to the injured worker fit within the designated medical restrictions/limitations of the doctor allowing an attempt to return to work.
5. Employers must continue to make modified-duty employment available to an injured worker for as long as the work-related restrictions/limitations continue.
Your Return To Work Rights
Employees in Pennsylvania also have legal rights when it comes to returning to work after a work-related injury. These rights include but are not limited to:
1. Employees can seek reasonable accommodations for their return to work job duties if the accommodations are based upon work-related disabilities.
2. Employers are prohibited from retaliating against employees for filing a Workers' Compensation claim or seeking a return to work accommodations following a work injury.
Your Return To Work Legal Requirements
It is important to know that you, as an injured worker, must be in compliance with return to work requirements and obligations under Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation law.
Your Lenahan & Dempsey Workers’ Compensation lawyer can guide you, step by step, through each of the requirements as they impact your individual claim and individual injuries.
Workers’ Compensation Practice at Lenahan & Dempsey
Attorney Brian Lenahan of our office, who heads the Workers’ Compensation Department, is listed in Best Lawyers in America and is a Certified Workers’ Compensation Practitioner in Pennsylvania. He is also listed in the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and National Trial Lawyers – Workers’ Compensation Top 25. He has won Workers’ Compensation awards as high as a million dollars for individual, seriously injured workers. He is widely known for his skill and compassion in representing injured workers and their families.
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Lenahan & Dempsey Workers’ Compensation lawyers help injured workers every day throughout Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, Pike, Monroe, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour counties, and beyond.
We are available 24/7 at 1.888.536.2426. Call us today for a free, no-obligation case evaluation. There are no fees until you get the money you deserve.
What Can You Expect When Working With Lenahan & Dempsey
We have recovered Hundreds and Hundreds of Millions for our clients across almost all fields of Personal Injury, Insurance Bad Faith and Workers’ Compensation law.
Lenahan & Dempsey is listed in Best Law Firms in America, and we are listed as a Tier 1 law firm (the highest rating). Attorney Brian Lenahan of our office, who heads the Workers’ Compensation Department, is listed in Best Lawyers in America and is a Certified Workers’ Compensation Practitioner in Pennsylvania. He is also listed in the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and National Trial Lawyers – Workers’ Compensation Top 25.
Eight of our lawyers are listed in Best Lawyers in America, and eight are listed as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. Three are listed in the Top 100 Lawyers in Pennsylvania, including our Firm President John R. Lenahan, Jr., our Managing Partner Timothy G. Lenahan, and lawyer Matthew Dempsey.
Timothy Lenahan is Best Lawyers In America’s Top Insurance Lawyer for his representation of the injured fighting against large insurers for the region of Northeastern/Central Pennsylvania and the Pocono Mountains. He has previously been named Best Lawyers Top Personal Injury Lawyer for that region for his work fighting for the rights of injured people.
We fully understand the physical, emotional, and financial toll a case can take on victims and their families. Our highly dedicated team of lawyers and paralegals can point to a history of success supporting our clients and winning the money they need to rebuild their lives.
