Por nuestros clientes que hablan espanol, nos da mucho gusto anunciar nuestro nuevo sitio de Web, Snow y Carpio en espanol. Estara disponible toda la misma informacion que se encuentra en nuestro sitio en ingles y mas recursos especiales para nuestros clientes hispanohablantes. Ademas, esperamos traducir los mas de 70 entradas a esa blog antes...
Snow and Carpio wishes a warm goodbye to our friend Jorge Solchaga, who has been in charge of Protection of Mexican Citizens in the Exterior for the Mexican Consulate in Phoenix for the last seven years. We attended a small reception in Jorge’s honor tonight at Avanti Restaurant, hosted by consul general Victor Manuel Trevino...
One big mistake some employers make is thinking that just because they have their employees sign an “Independent Contractor Agreement,” they are totally immune from Arizona workers’ compensation claims. Just because you call somebody something, doesn’t make them that something. If you have your employees sign a “Genius Agreement” does it make them geniuses? No....
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One area of our practice that has seen a lot of action in recent years is that of who is considered an “employee” for purposes of qualifying for workers’ compensation benefits in Arizona. What if the injured person was hired to do day labor at a Home Depot? What if the employer specifically had them...
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One of the biggest reasons that Arizona workers compensation claims are denied is that the injured worker fails to report the injury within a timely manner. Arizona Revised Statutes §23-908(D) states that an employee who suffers an accident “shall forthwith report the accident and the injury resulting therefrom to the employer.” This allows employers to...
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