{"id":2990,"date":"2020-07-23T09:13:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T13:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2020-07-23T09:13:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T13:13:14","slug":"covid-19-and-workers-compensations-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uuphost.org\/buffalo\/2020\/07\/23\/covid-19-and-workers-compensations-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 and Workers&#8217; Compensations Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members who are diagnosed with COVID-19 who believe their infection was due to work related exposure should be encouraged to file a claim for workers\u2019 compensation benefits. &nbsp;At this time, potential long term effects of COVID 19 are unknown. &nbsp;Given this, it important that you&nbsp;protect your&nbsp;rights to medical care and wage replacement through New York\u2019s Workers\u2019 Compensation system.&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Documenting on-the-job exposure to COVID 19 now can prove critical to protecting your&nbsp;rights to receive Workers Compensation benefits in the future. &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members who are exposed to COVID-19 at work are&nbsp;encouraged to: document the exposure; report the exposure by following the&nbsp;campus process for filing an accident or incident report; report the exposure to the state Accident&nbsp;Reporting System; and, if they become ill, file a Workers\u2019 Compensation claim. To assist members in this effort, UUP has&nbsp;prepared an information flyer on Workers\u2019 Compensation and COVID 19 and a COVID-19 Exposure Tracking Form which members can use to create a written record of their exposure.&nbsp; Both the flyer and the tracking form are posted on the COVID 19 Resources page on the UUP website at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uupinfo.org\/resources\/covid19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/uupinfo.org\/resources\/covid19\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Solidarity,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ken Kern<br>Chapter President<br>UUP Buffalo Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Colleagues, Members who are diagnosed with COVID-19 who believe their infection was due to work related exposure should be encouraged to file a claim for workers\u2019 compensation benefits. &nbsp;At this time, potential long term effects of COVID 19 are unknown. &nbsp;Given this, it important that you&nbsp;protect your&nbsp;rights to medical care and wage replacement through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[41],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-2990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-safety","tag-covid-19"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19 and Workers&#039; 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