No matter what your industry, injuries at work can happen. If one of your employees is hurt, you can be held responsible for the medical bills. Workers’ compensation insurance provides a safety net for both you and your employees, ensuring that if an injury should occur, neither of you will have to bear the financial burden.
What It Does
Workers’ comp insurance is designed to provide financial assistance to employees who are injured in the course of their workday. Every business should have it, even though you may believe your employees are not at a high risk of injury. The injury doesn’t have to be the kind of workplace mishap we commonly think of, such as being injured by manufacturing machinery or in dangerous jobs.
If a wet spot on your office break room floor and one of your employees slips on it, that too can be a workers’ comp claim. Any injury at your business during business hours, no matter what or how it happened, is a matter for workers’ comp.
Carrying workers’ comp insurance protects you from having to personally pay out for medical bills and lost wages when an employee is injured on your premises. Whether or not you feel the injury is your fault or that your company is responsible, the fact is that if it happened to an employee who is there to work for you, you could be the responsible party. Failure to carry workers’ comp means you could face a lawsuit and pay out of pocket on the claim.
Protect Yourself, Protect Your People
Carrying workers’ comp not only protects you, but it also protects your employees. They will not have to deal with the financial burden of missing work and paying medical bills due to an injury. And they will feel confident working for you, knowing that if something happens, they will be taken care of.
In many cases, carrying workers’ comp is not merely a good idea. It is the law. Make sure that you are carrying.
DW 9/22/2014 4:37:00 PM
