All Wagner College employees are covered by New York State Workers' Compensation insurance in the event of an on-the-job injury.  Instructions regarding the procedures to follow in the event of injury are set forth in this handbook under the section entitled, Occupational Safety and Health Act. In New York State.

Workers Compensation is a no fault system.   Workers Compensation laws allow eligible employees to collect benefits without regard to fault, by showing that the injury arose out of and in the course of employment.  Injured employees have the right to receive whatever treatment is required by the nature of the injury.  Furthermore, to make up for earnings lost during a period of disability, Workers Compensation provides weekly cash payments, calculated as a percentage of the employee’s average weekly wages.  The overall maximum weekly benefit is presently $400.  There is a one-week waiting period for cash benefits, but if the disability lasts longer than fourteen days, the first week’s compensation is paid retroactively.

In order for timely processing of Workers Compensation benefits, you must report any accident, injury or illness to the Office of Human Resources.  You must notify the Office of Human Resources within 30 days for an occupational injury and within two years for any occupational disease that you knew was work related.

If you knowingly misrepresent any material facts for the purpose of obtaining or maintaining insurance benefits you are guilty of a Class E felony, punishable by law.