What if I assert a work injury claim and get fired or denied work?
Maine and federal workers compensation acts prohibit termination or any discrimination because an employee claims a work injury. We have been called in to try such cases many times. For example, a Caribou, Maine full time UPS delivery driver was assigned to an easier regular part time job for six months after a severe back injury. When he applied for the job on a permanent basis (when the job was advertised to the public), he was not hired. We successfully established that he was entitled to the job, providing the employee with thousands of dollars in back pay, plus workers compensation benefits for his wage loss as a full time driver, and his attorney fees and costs.
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