Michael R. Sleister
An Experienced and Dedicated Attorney
Workers Comp
(770) 887-7761
As a general rule, any employer that has, regularly in service, three or more employees, must have workers' compensation insurance coverage.
Georgia workers' compensation laws do not apply to the following categories of employment:
- Certain employees of the United States Government
- Railroads
- Farm laborers
- Domestic servants
- Licensed real estate sales persons with written contracts of employment providing for services as independent contractors.
If an employer who is subject to the Georgia Workers' Compensation Act has the requisite number of employees and fails to provide workers' compensation coverage, the employer can be held personally liable for the benefits due under the Workers' Compensation Act and may, under certain circumstances, be required to pay penalties and the employee's attorney’s fees if the case is found to be compensable.
Michael R. Sleister provides free consultations to talk to you about your claim, and you have no obligation to hire him just because you have received a free consultation from him. If you do hire him, then his attorney's fees will be completely contingent upon and will not be paid until he recovers a judgment or settlement for you. *
The primary benefits available to an injured worker under the Workers' Compensation Act are as follows:
- TEMPORARY TOTAL DISABILITY WEEKLY INCOME BENEFITS
- TEMPORARY PARTIAL DISABILITY BENEFITS
- PERMANENT PARTIAL DISABILITY BENEFITS
- MEDICAL BENEFITS
- VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION