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Generally, if you were attacked while performing your duties as an employee, Arizona workers’ compensation will cover treatment of your injuries and can pay you partial wage replacement benefits if you must miss time from work as a result. If…

In Arizona, workers cannot receive workers’ compensation for emotional distress. This is one of the features of workers’ compensation: in return for foregoing their right to sue employers in most cases for work-related harms, workers do not need to prove…

If you have been injured in a workplace accident, you may be wondering just how much Arizona workers’ compensation can help you and how the Industrial Commission of Arizona (the “ICA”) calculates your benefits, and how workers’ comp insurance companies…

In some cases, you can settle your workers’ compensation claim rather than receive workers’ compensation checks over time, but accepting a workers’ compensation settlement is not the best resolution in every case.  Knowing when to settle your claim is something…

Arizona’s workers’ compensation system is designed to cover your medical expenses and lost wages if you are injured at work. However, there are some situations in which something you do or don’t do can complicate or jeopardize your payments. Most…

For employees with mental injuries like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the path to a PTSD claim for workers’ compensation benefits can be filled with obstacles.  That’s because the Arizona Workers’ Compensation Act requires employees to meet high legal standards to…

If you suffer a work-related injury or illness in Arizona, you could be entitled to wage replacement benefits through your employer’s workers’ compensation insurance.  But if you failed to receive the benefits you believe you deserve, you may wonder whether…

While you can quit your job and potentially still receive some workers’ compensation benefits, the amounts and types of benefits you are entitled to receive may decrease if you decide to quit your job while your claim is ongoing. Before you make…

Almost all employees in Arizona are “at-will” which allows you to be fired for any reason, at any time. But this will not affect your right to workers’ compensation benefits.  In Arizona, you cannot be fired for filing a workers’…

Workers’ compensation benefits are generally not taxable at the federal or Arizona state levels. There are some limited exceptions to this rule, which we will cover below, but unless they apply, you need not worry about paying taxes on your…