Florida Workers' Compensation Lawyer Blog

Although U.S. Veterans are eligible for medical and indemnity benefits through the Veterans Administration, they are also eligible for Social Security Disability. It is estimated that approximately 6 in 10 U.S. Veterans will become eligible for Social Security Disability benefits in the future. Social Security Attorney Randy Zeldin, represents veterans seeking Social Security Disability benefits in Boca Raton, Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach. According to Social Security Disability lawyer Randy Zeldin, Esq., it would be wrong to reform Social Security to go back on promises to our Veterans.

Across Florida and across the United States, the number of workers' compensation claims has fallen dramatically over the past several years. In South Florida, cities like Boca Raton, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach and Delray Beach, are suffering from high unemployment. If unemployment is high, it is axiomatic that less persons are working, so fewer persons are getting injured on the job. Attorney Randy Zeldin, a workers' compensation attorney and lawyer, attributes the drop in workers' compensation claims to employee fear of retaliation. In a fragile economy, injured workers often fear that if they obtain legal representation and seek all the benefits to which they are entitled under the law, they will lose their job.

According to Randy Zeldin, Esq., workers' compensation lawyer and attorney, it is a violation of the law for an employer to retaliate against any worker for pursuing workers' compensation benefits. Prohibited employer conduct includes job demotion, unreasonable hours, verbal or other harassment and of course, outright termination.

Although there are other factors which have diminished workers' compensation claims, such as improved safety and more automation, the absence of employment in Broward and Palm Beach counties is the primary reason for the fall in workers' compensation claims.

Did you every get a prescription filled by a treating doctor at that doctor's office? The doctor who wishes to become a pharmacy, is a new and growing business. In the world of Florida Workers' Compensation, this has become a new money maker too. Many authorized workers' compensation physicians prescribe medication and than fill the prescription at their office-charging the carrier for the privilege.

There was legislation proposed which would have required the physician's prescription price to the same charged at the local pharmacy. Lobbying money by physicians and related groups quashed the proposal.

Workers' Compensation attorney Randy Zeldin, Esq. of Boca Raton, is an experience lawyer in workers' compensation, representing claimants in Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach as well.