Created in 1914, the NYS Workers' Compensation Board has attempted to keep up with changes in the labor market and technology, most notably a computer system being used to manage a system that annually handles more than 250,000 injuries and nearly $6 billions in awards for lost wages and medical expenses. That the system work as well as it does is a credit to the 1,500 civil servants and political appointees who work there. But there is a great deal more than can be done, and should be done. The system should be more responsive to the needs of the injured workers, as well as those employers...

For those overwhelmed when faced with a New York State Section 32 settlement of their workers compensation case and unable to get satisfactory answers from the insurance company, attorneys, or the NYS Workers Compensation Board, this handbook is an invaluable tool to the injured worker and their family: a single source answering hundreds of questions on what a Section 32 workers compensation settlement means, written by a former Workers Compensation Board Commissioner. Some of the questions answered in this book include: - What is a fair offer: $100 or $20,000 or $150,000 or $1 Million? -...