Worker's Compensation in Georgia?

by **barnett** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:03 pm

I've been searching online and can't find anything on this specific subject. A friend of mine was hit by 2 cars when she was checking on an injured dog that had been hit. She was hospitalized and now in a wheel chair. Her job won't allow her to work in her current physical state. Can she get worker's compensation even though she wasn't hurt on the job but isn't allowed to work at her job right now?

by **abisha** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:14 pm

No, it's only a workers comp issue if she was injured on the job.

She needs to look into unemployment and disability payments.

by **jordi** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:23 pm

??This has nothing to do with worker's compensation, which protects workers from workplace injuries. No law requires any workplace to offer light or altered duty to an employee who is injured outside work. Nor in fact is her job protected even when she returns from the injury. It is entirely up to the company if they want to offer her another job or an altered version of her original job.

If she was a valued employee, the company might be willing to do something for her. If she was not, they won't, and no law makes them do so. Nor should it.

The reason you can't find anything about this online is that, frankly I don't think too many people would even consider the possibility that someone would expect worker's compensation to pay for an out of work injury.

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by **fenwick** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:26 pm

Fair does not enter into it. She cannot do her job as a maid so they can not allow her to work. The company has no obligation to her when she is injured off the job.

by **macquaid35** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:30 pm

Contact an attorney.

by **tiernan** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:35 pm

No.

by **eddis** » Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:41 pm

No and how is the company at fault?

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