TENNESSEE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE Labor Law Poster

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Employers: The law requires this notice to be conspicuously posted at the employer’s place of business so all employees have access to it.

WHO IS REQUIRED TO HAVE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE?

All employers with five (5) or more full or part-time employees.
All employers engaged in the mining and production of coal with one (1) or more employees.
All contractors in the construction industry with one (1) or more employees.

To confirm if an employer is subject to the workers’ compensation law and if so to obtain the name of the workers’ compensation insurance company contact:

__________________________________________________ ________________________
Name of employer representative authorized to provide information on workers’
compensation

__________________________________________________ ________________________
Telephone number of employer representative to provide information on workers’
compensation

__________________________________________________ ________________________
Address of employer representative to provide information on workers’ compensation

WHAT SHOULD AN EMPLOYEE DO IF INJURED AT WORK?

1. Report the injury to the employer immediately. Employer notification is required.
and
2. Select a treating physician from a panel provided by the employer.
To report an injury contact:

__________________________________________________ ________________________
Name of employer representative to notify in event of a work related injury

__________________________________________________ ________________________
Telephone number of employer representative to notify in event of a work related injury

__________________________________________________ ________________________
Address of employer representative to notify in event of a work related injury

WHAT SHOULD AN EMPLOYER DO WHEN AN INJURY IS REPORTED?
1. Immediately complete a First Report of Work Injury form and send it to the workers’
compensation insurance company or the third party administrator to be filed with the Tennessee Dept. of Labor and Workforce Development, Workers’ Compensation Division.
and
2. Offer a panel of physicians.
The employer shall designate a group of three (3) or more physicians or surgeons not
associated together in practice from which the injured employee shall have the privilege of selecting the operating surgeon or the attending physician. If the injury is a back injury, the panel shall be expanded to four (4), one of whom must be a doctor of chiropractic, provided no more than twelve (12) visits to such doctor of chiropractic shall be approved per back injury. The provisions for chiropractic care shall not apply to workers’ compensation self insurer pools established pursuant to Section 50-6-405(a)(1). If the injury requires the
treatment of physician or surgeon who practices orthopedic or neuroscience medicine then the employer may appoint a panel of physicians or surgeons practicing orthopedic or
neuroscience medicine consisting of five (5) physicians, with no more than four (4)
physicians affiliated in practice together. The employee may select a treating physician or surgeon from the employer panel.

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Workers’ Compensation, has staff available to help both employees and employers. For more
information contact:

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

[eking2005]

I Was Fired While Under Workers Comp,can Your Employer Do That.i Had Knee Surgery About 5month Ago And Still Not Better,and Workers Comp Cut My Benifits Can They Do That.someone Help Me.

[cbg]

Nothing in the law says you can't be fired while you are out on workers compensation. The law only says that you can't be fired BECAUSE you filed w w/c claim.

If you were out for five months, unless TN has a law specific to w/c situations that says otherwise, you have exceeded the maximum amount of time an employer is required to hold your job. So yes, in that case it is legal to terminate your employment.

You'll have to ask the workers compensation board about the cut in benefits; we don't have anywhere near enough information to say why that might have been done or what recourse you have.