In virtually all work-related injury cases, you must inform your supervisor or manager when your injury occurred, how it happened, and who, if anyone besides yourself, was involved. Many companies will require that a manager be informed of an employee’s injury within a very specific and narrow amount of time following the accident. Often this time frame can be as small as twenty-four hours. It’s important, therefore, to tell your boss immediately that you’ve received an injury immediately following the incident. Document when you talked to your boss about the injury, what he or she said in reply, and whether or not he or she gave you a worker’s compensation claim form to fill out and file with the company.

If your supervisor or manager did not offer to give you a worker’s compensation claim form, or did not otherwise show any concern for the injury you received while on the job, you should contact an injury law firm immediately. This type of indifferent behavior from your employer could constitute as negligence. Negligence to the injury you’ve received is not professional and could result in further injury in the instance that your boss requires you to continue working despite the pain from your accident. “Walk it off” may be an acceptable response from a coach on a football field or a personal trainer in the gym, but it’s not responsible or admissible when coming from your employer following your work injury in Los Angeles or San Diego.

In addition to discouraging injured employees from filing a worker’s compensation claim, many employers will actually threaten their employees who are physically unable to work. It’s not uncommon for victims to tell their lawyer that their boss bullied them into working despite the injuries they sustained on the job. Often this bullying comes in the form of intimidation. Employers have often warned their employees that unless they continued to work, their job would belong to another person. See an injury law firm immediately if you are being required to continue working in your injured condition. Make sure you tell your attorney if your boss has threatened to fire you or give your job to someone else unless you keep coming to work. This type of behavior is completely inappropriate and will not be tolerated in a court of law.