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Originally Posted by Skeezyks
OMG Dechan... this is a work-related injury! I don't know where you live, or how things like this are handled there. But here where I live a worker's compensation report would have to be filed & you'd have been sent to a doctor. The cost of the initial visit, plus any additional required treatment would be covered by the employer's workers compensation insurance carrier. If the doctor determined you needed to be off of work for any period of time, you'd be paid workers compensation benefits. Is there nothing like that where you live? I hope you're not being sand-bagged. Again where I live, an employer could get into a lot of trouble trying to pull something like that.  I hope you begin to feel better soon...   |
Thanks. I agree with you and I expected that they would do exactly as you say. In another time or at another workplace I would have expected to fill out an accident report and go and have my finger attended to by medical professionals. I work for a large national company. I will be required to join a union soon...and maybe if I had been in the union I could have demanded medical attention. I'll talk to the union rep. However, from what my coworkers told me unless the injury is so severe you can't use your hand you will probably be required to return to work. Terrible, I know.