Grey & Grey, LLP

Law Firm Specializing in Workers' Compensation, Social Security Disability and Personal Injury

[Grey & Grey, LLP @GreyGreyLLP]

RELEASED TODAY on #WorkersMemorialDay:

Our eye-opening report on workers with COVID-19 - and how few of them have gotten workers' comp benefits. A summary and link to the full report are here👇👇

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https://t.co/nUNvK584k6

[Grey & Grey, LLP @GreyGreyLLP]

We had a great day with @TWULocal100 at #FamilyDay. Thank you to the folks who #MoveNewYork!

[Grey & Grey, LLP @GreyGreyLLP]

If you want to know what happened to the #WorkersComp system in New York, we wrote a law review article that covers it. All of it, pretty much.

https://t.co/84txjGMLUR

[Grey & Grey, LLP @GreyGreyLLP]

Today would be a great day to #FundTheOHCN
#NYSBudget

[Selikoff Centers Occ Health Advisory Boards @SelikoffOHAB]

Since the OHCN’s last funding increase in 2010, the #healthcare needs of workers have greatly increased. As of May 2022, there were 2.6 million+ cases of COVID-19 among employed NYers. #FightLongCOVID #EssentialWorkers #LongCOVID #WorkersCompMedicalCare #FundTheOHCN

[NYCOSH @NYCOSH]

Last year was the deadliest year in NYC construction since the pandemic began, according to a new report from the NYC DOB released just before two workers were crushed to death in a trench at JFK Airport on Monday.

https://t.co/BXmStW6MfI

[Grey & Grey, LLP @GreyGreyLLP]

You can find a link to the Scholarship Application here - funds are available for the children of workers who were killed or permanently injured as the result of an on-the-job injury.
https://t.co/F8BAzWsdK2

[NYCOSH @NYCOSH]

TY to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial Committee for honoring our ED @Charlene_Amber last night - & TY to the @NYSWorkersComp board for your support for the event. Special TY to @GreyGreyLLP.

Plz donate to the Scholarship Program here:

https://t.co/qdGr5Uq6ot

[NYS Workers' Comp @NYSWorkersComp]

Failing to carry the proper workers’ compensation insurance puts workers at risk. We commend the investigators and prosecutors who uncovered this dangerous scheme and brought the employer to justice. https://t.co/V7mmsmAe22

[Selikoff Centers Occ Health Advisory Boards @SelikoffOHAB]

#COVID-19 has exposed significant issues with #WorkersComp. Four times as many #workers reported workplace illness in 2020. 30,000 workers have filed #WorkersComp claims for #COVID, but that’s less than 10% of the real number. #FightLongCOVID #WorkerHealth #WorkersCompMedicalCare

[Selikoff Centers Occ Health Advisory Boards @SelikoffOHAB]

The #WorkersComp system does not have the specialists it needs to treat #LongCOVID. #Workers who should be covered are not filing claims so they can get #healthcare elsewhere. This is a #PublicHealth crisis. #FightLongCOVID #WorkerHealth #WorkersCompMedicalCare #EssentialWorkers

[Selikoff Centers Occ Health Advisory Boards @SelikoffOHAB]

In the first 2 years of the #pandemic, 71% of #LongCOVID patients required medical treatment or couldn't work for more than 6 months. 18% are still #disabled from work. #FightLongCOVID #WorkerHealthIsPublicHealth #EssentialOHCN #FundTheOHCN

[Grey & Grey, LLP @GreyGreyLLP]

Congrats to @Charlene_Amber and @NYCOSH, as well as to Janella T. Hinds of @CentralLaborNYC and @UFT on your Clara Lemlich Awards! We are grateful for your work and for joining us to provide scholarships to children of workers who were permanently disabled or killed on the job.

[NYCOSH @NYCOSH]

TY to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Memorial Committee for honoring our ED @Charlene_Amber last night - & TY to the @NYSWorkersComp board for your support for the event. Special TY to @GreyGreyLLP.

Plz donate to the Scholarship Program here:

https://t.co/qdGr5Uq6ot

[Selikoff Centers Occ Health Advisory Boards @SelikoffOHAB]

The #COVID #pandemic has dramatically increased the demand for OHCN services & the cost of doing so. OHCN can’t expand its expertise & services while its funding is reduced by medical #inflation. #FundTheOHCN #SixBucksForOccHealth #EssentialOHCN

[Grey & Grey, LLP @GreyGreyLLP]

Today would be a great day to #FundTheOHCN,
@AmyPaulin; @AndrewHevesi; @KarinesReyes87; @rontkim; @DavidWeprin; @NaderJSayegh; @Charlesdfall; @JoinJoyner; @LindaBRosenthal!

[Selikoff Centers Occ Health Advisory Boards @SelikoffOHAB]

The OHCN has been flat-funded for 12+ years. Meanwhile, medical #inflation has risen 48%. OHCN cannot provide the same expertise & service in 2023 with about half the funding in real dollars it had a decade ago. #FundTheOHCN #SixBucksForOccHealth #WorkerHealthIsPublicHealth

[Selikoff Centers Occ Health Advisory Boards @SelikoffOHAB]

The OHCN has been flat-funded for 12+ years. Meanwhile, medical #inflation has risen 48%. OHCN cannot provide the same expertise & service in 2023 with about half the funding in real dollars it had a decade ago. #FundTheOHCN #SixBucksForOccHealth #WorkerHealthIsPublicHealth

[Grey & Grey, LLP @GreyGreyLLP]

👀👀 Hey, @32BJSEIU; @RWDSU; @1199SEIU; @local420; @NYSPEF; @nysut; @CSEALocal1000; @Local372Union; @MightyUnion- Time to #FlipTheScript on the fake narrative about the "high cost of workers' comp" and start worrying about #WorkerHealth. Let's #FundTheOHCN for starters.

[Selikoff Centers Occ Health Advisory Boards @SelikoffOHAB]

An employer whose #WorkersComp costs were $5,645 in 2016 is paying $3,500 today. Assessments have dropped $300/year in the past 6 years. It would take 13 cents/ week - $6.50/yr - to double the OHCN’s funding. #SixBucksForOccHealth #FundTheOHCN #WorkerHealthIsPublicHealth

[Selikoff Centers Occ Health Advisory Boards @SelikoffOHAB]

An employer whose #WorkersComp costs were $5,645 in 2016 is paying $3,500 today. Assessments have dropped $300/year in the past 6 years. It would take 13 cents/ week - $6.50/yr - to double the OHCN’s funding. #SixBucksForOccHealth #FundTheOHCN #WorkerHealthIsPublicHealth

[Selikoff Centers Occ Health Advisory Boards @SelikoffOHAB]

Assessments on #WorkersComp insurance generate nearly $1 billon/year. The OHCN receives less than $10 million – about 1% of assessments and 1/10 of 1% of all employer WC costs, which have dropped 36% in the past 6 years. #SixBucksForOccHealth #FundTheOHCN #EssentialOHCN

[Injured Workers' Bar Association @IWBATweets]

Don't forget our 18th Annual Award Reception and Scholarship Fundraiser will be held Thursday, March 30th, at the RWDSU Union Hall 370 Seventh Ave, 5th Floor New York. We hope to see you there! https://t.co/XYd48dZoIw

[Grey & Grey, LLP @GreyGreyLLP]

Today would be a good day to #FundTheOHCN!

cc: @SelikoffOHAB, @AmyPaulin, @AndrewHevesi, @KarinesReyes87, @rontkim, @DavidWeprin, @NaderJSayegh, @Charlesdfall, @JoinJoyner, @LindaBRosenthal

https://t.co/QMk4xWurxG

[Selikoff Centers Occ Health Advisory Boards @SelikoffOHAB]

OHCN has been flat-funded for a decade+. #NewYork needs to increase funding for the OHCN from $9.5 mil to $20 mil in the FY 23-24 NYS Enacted Budget. #FundTheOHCN #SixBucksForOccHealth #FightLongCOVID #WorkerHealthIsPublicHealth #EssentialWorkers #WorkerHealth #EssentialOHCN

[Selikoff Centers Occ Health Advisory Boards @SelikoffOHAB]

Increasing funding for the OHCN by $10 mil would cost most #NewYork employers about 13 cents/week. It wouldn’t even be an added cost – just a tiny reduction in their ongoing #WorkersComp savings. #SixBucksForOccHealth #FundTheOHCN #WorkerHealthIsPublicHealth #EssentialOHCN

[Grey & Grey, LLP @GreyGreyLLP]

ICYMI, @AmyPaulin, @AndrewHevesi, @KarinesReyes87, @rontkim, @DavidWeprin,
@NaderJSayegh, @Charlesdfall, @JoinJoyner, @LindaBRosenthal - lots of folks think it's important to #FundTheOHCN

https://t.co/0zI8GWtBsL

[Selikoff Centers Occ Health Advisory Boards @SelikoffOHAB]

Here are just some of the friends & allies that support #FundtheOHCN: @32BJSEIU @RWDSU @1199SEIU @local420 @NYSPEF @nysut @CSEALocal1000 @Local372Union @MightyUnion