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In the District of Columbia, basically all employees or thereabouts are required to have workers’ comp coverage. The rule actually states that employers with one or more employees have to have this type of insurance. As I said, basically, all employers in Washington D.C. should.

One of the other requirements of the Washington D.C. workers’ comp labor law is that all employers also have to have a workers’ compensation poster put up in their work site so that all of your employees understand their rights and responsibilities under the law. More on the employees’ responsibilities later.

Let’s first look at the workers’ rights when it comes to workers’ comp. Remember, the general rule about workers’ comp is that it is meant to protect them if they get hurt or sick on the job. The coverage assures your workers that they will get the medical care that they need after they are hurt, especially the emergency medical care that is sometimes required after a serious injury at the work site. It also assures them that they will be compensated for any lost wages due to time away from work because of their injury.

In many cases, workers who suffer serious injuries cannot go to work for weeks, maybe even months, after the injury occurs. They are entitled to certain amounts of disability payments depending on what sort of injury and disability it is, whether it is a temporary partial disability or a permanent full disability, meaning that their injuries are serious enough to keep them from returning to their former jobs forever.

Much if not all of this information can be found in the workers’ comp poster that you are required under Washington D.C. labor law to post on your work sites. But as we will shortly see, the poster does more than just allow you to abide by the law.

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