Healthcare Worker Rights When Hurt by a Patient in Mississippi
What types of rights do healthcare workers have in Mississippi if they get hurt by a patient? Mississippi law provides workers compensation benefits for people who get hurt at work regardless of the cause. There are a few requirements that have to be met. For example, the employer must have 5 or more employees in order for the workers compensation coverage mandate to apply. The employee also must not have been engaged in horseplay at the time of the injury. But fault is otherwise not an issue. Healthcare workers get attacked by patients more frequently than one might expect. While the worker...
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