For employees who become injured or even ill due to workplace events or conditions, Workers' Compensation can be the bridge they need to get from the initial injury to total recovery without losing the ability to make ends meet.
While most employees have heard of Workers' Comp during employee orientation or special safety presentations, there's a lot of that isn't widely understood.
Workers' Compensation insurance, which accounts for nearly 1.6% of employer spending overall (according to this report from the Center for Construction Research and Training), is a complex program that many day-to-day employees don't know much about.
We thought we'd take today to answer a few frequently asked questions about Workers' Compensation in South Carolina.