I have a work issue encompassing workers compensation, salary and demotion, and harassment.
I have worked at a major retail store for 1 1/2 years. 2 months ago I was injured. I Was out of work for over a month and had not received any temporary total payments for 8 weeks. I hired an attorney to handle the workers comp situation. Once I returned to work, I was harassed repeatedly by the manager/asst.manager. Once that was settled, I then found out that the company had placed me on temporary disability because I could not do my job in its entirety. To my surprise, they found it fitting to pay me 60% of my normal wage and claimed it was legal. In a sense, I was stripped of my title and my pay after being hurt on the job.
My attorney is strictly for the workers compensation and said that since the company provides workers compensation I could not sue the company. There was a ton of negligence that lead to my injury in the first place, but it is untouchable
Should I hire an additional attorney, and if so what would my claim be? I have never been in this situation before and i don't know where to begin. My attorney is high profile and it takes weeks to get a response from him, so I am not even sure he can do anything about the harassment or the demotion.
I have worked at a major retail store for 1 1/2 years. 2 months ago I was injured. I Was out of work for over a month and had not received any temporary total payments for 8 weeks. I hired an attorney to handle the workers comp situation. Once I returned to work, I was harassed repeatedly by the manager/asst.manager. Once that was settled, I then found out that the company had placed me on temporary disability because I could not do my job in its entirety. To my surprise, they found it fitting to pay me 60% of my normal wage and claimed it was legal. In a sense, I was stripped of my title and my pay after being hurt on the job.
My attorney is strictly for the workers compensation and said that since the company provides workers compensation I could not sue the company. There was a ton of negligence that lead to my injury in the first place, but it is untouchable
Should I hire an additional attorney, and if so what would my claim be? I have never been in this situation before and i don't know where to begin. My attorney is high profile and it takes weeks to get a response from him, so I am not even sure he can do anything about the harassment or the demotion.