Tag: Golan and Masiakos LLP
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Robert Golan, PC Wins Appeal to Get Workers Compensation Coverage for Independent Contractor
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — Lately, some businesses in the state of New York have been hiring workers as independent contractors, not as employees in order to avoid providing benefits for these workers, including workers compensation benefits. Robert Golan, PC, a worker’s compensation lawyer, represented a massage therapist who worked for a local hospital doing therapeutic massages…
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Robert Golan, PC Overturns Judge’s Ruling and Restores Benefits to Injured Worker
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — Robert Golan, PC, a worker’s compensation lawyer serving the areas of Long Island, Nassau County, Queens and Suffolk County, recently settled a $250,000 case for a union carpenter who hurt his back at work in 2016. A misunderstanding over the definition of “work” caused the Judge to suspend the $800 per week…