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Post by Sylie on Mar 19, 2019 22:46:27 GMT -5
Does anyone know of any legitimate, low or no cost ways to make money from home? Serious money, like, to live off of. My husband was injured at work last week and we have some bills coming up that we just won't be able to pay, I need something I can do until his job decides to stop being stupid and start his workers comp. It's complicated to explain but the insurance lady at work is on vacation and refuses to do anything until she gets back, she is the only one who can do what needs doing apparently and by the time she gets back, he will have 2 weeks of lost pay plus whatever time it takes her to get the claim filed and then for it all to get sorted and whatever. I don't know. I am not looking for a get rich quick thing but something I can do on the computer like data entry or something. I'm so afraid of getting scammed, I just thought maybe one of you would know something I could do for a while until we get some sort of income going again.
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Post by dawg53 on Mar 20, 2019 4:42:09 GMT -5
I'm sorry you're going through this rough time Sylie. I dont know much about working at home on the phone but I know people do it.
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Post by seminolewind on Mar 20, 2019 10:04:58 GMT -5
If he was injured at work doesn't he get worker's comp? I don't know of any job I've heard of that is a good one for making money at home.
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Post by maryellen on Mar 20, 2019 12:52:57 GMT -5
He can file directly with the workers comp carrier if he knows who it is. By law the employer must post notices up in the office from the workers comp carrier that has their name and policy number and phone number
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Post by Sylie on Mar 20, 2019 23:08:19 GMT -5
If he was injured at work doesn't he get worker's comp? I don't know of any job I've heard of that is a good one for making money at home. Technically I believe he's supposed to be able to but the lady that handles that is on vacation this week. When the foreman called her to ask her about this she said "he'll have to wait until I get back to work on Monday" The foreman then mentioned that the doctor ordered an MRI to be done ASAP and she said "he can wait until I get back for that too". She is in charge of insurance and everything associated in this way (workers comp, health insurance, work insurance, life insurance etc) and is apparently the only person employed by this company that can do it so we really have no choice but to wait for her and hope that she will be cooperative and file workers comp and approve his MRI. Because of these problems with her, my husband is considering going back to work immediately because we cannot afford for him to be off at all let alone any longer than he has been. |
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Post by Sylie on Mar 20, 2019 23:11:50 GMT -5
He can file directly with the workers comp carrier if he knows who it is. By law the employer must post notices up in the office from the workers comp carrier that has their name and policy number and phone number I'll mention that to him but he is one of those people that goes through channels. He is supposed to go through the insurance/HR lady so that's what he's going to do. Ty for the advice, I'll ask him if he can go in and look for this notice. It's rather a small company and causing waves by circumventing the "rules" is usually not in a person's best interest if they want to keep their job. |
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Post by maryellen on Mar 21, 2019 18:36:56 GMT -5
Ugh thats not good. Technically a wc claim must be reported immediately
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Post by Sylie on Mar 21, 2019 22:37:31 GMT -5
ME, you're right. But I was under the impression that the employee had to report the injury immediately so that the company can file the claim. Not that the claim had to be filed immediately, I have no experience with WC, this is just my understanding, as limited as it is. We are just going to have to wait until she comes back on Monday I guess. My husband talked to one of the owners and he couldn't help, he said that's Deb's job to know all of this stuff....yippee
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Post by maryellen on Mar 22, 2019 9:24:41 GMT -5
Technically if its reported 2 weeks late the insurance carrier doesnt like that(im.in insurance ). All wc claims should be reported immediately, same day or the latest next day. If the employee needs a dr or medical care it must be reported asap, not 2 weeks later.
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Post by maryellen on Mar 22, 2019 9:25:59 GMT -5
Most employees report wc claims directky to the insurance carrier if the injury is bad and if they will be out of work. .
You dont have to wait for the HR person...
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Post by Sylie on Mar 22, 2019 23:08:41 GMT -5
We did go check that out today (looking for the poster or information on the carrier) and couldn't find anything, we asked the other office girl about it (receptionist) and she has never seen anything like that. We looked around the plant and the foreman's office and nothing. My husband talked to one of the owners and he said his claim has to be reported through the company, it will be denied if he reports directly. Something about proper channels, at that point I was frustrated and stopped listening to the convo lol.
We'll just have to wait it out and see what the lady says on Monday.
On the bright side, my husband is feeling a lot better today, he even walked around the yard and gave the ducks some peas (he is now their best friend! haha)
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Post by maryellen on Mar 23, 2019 15:25:19 GMT -5
That sucks sylie. What if he was really really hurt?
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Post by Sylie on Mar 23, 2019 23:10:24 GMT -5
I don't know what would happen in that case, I guess things still have to go through their channels no matter how serious the injury. I have decided that worrying about it isn't going to change anything and I can't get caught up in the negative of the situation. We'll just take things as they come and hope for the best. I'm still going to look for some kind of work I can do from home though, if for no other reason than to have a "nest egg". (haha, get it, chicken forum..nest egg...hahahaha)
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Post by maryellen on Mar 24, 2019 6:19:38 GMT -5
House cleaning earns good fast money. Maybe advertise and get some houses to clean? Pet sitting/dog walking too
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Post by Sylie on Mar 24, 2019 18:51:36 GMT -5
House cleaning earns good fast money. Maybe advertise and get some houses to clean? Pet sitting/dog walking too Both great ideas! I think I'll try that. Thank you ME |
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Post by Sylie on Mar 26, 2019 21:54:01 GMT -5
Well, the verdict is in on WC...no dice. They said he wasn't out long enough to qualify (he was out for a week and a half) Plus, she said that he disqualified himself by going to the ER instead of waiting until she got back from vacation and could make him appointment with the company doctor....wth? If I had my way, my husband would be looking for a new job.
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Post by boskelli1571 on Mar 27, 2019 10:24:43 GMT -5
Well, the verdict is in on WC...no dice. They said he wasn't out long enough to qualify (he was out for a week and a half) Plus, she said that he disqualified himself by going to the ER instead of waiting until she got back from vacation and could make him appointment with the company doctor....wth? If I had my way, my husband would be looking for a new job. That sounds lika giant crock... do you have any writing experience Sylie? Blogging online or writing for mags can pull in a little income.. |
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Post by maryellen on Mar 27, 2019 10:27:21 GMT -5
Wait. So the HR person said this??? Did the claim go to the wc carrier??
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Post by dawg53 on Mar 27, 2019 10:30:20 GMT -5
Well, the verdict is in on WC...no dice. They said he wasn't out long enough to qualify (he was out for a week and a half) Plus, she said that he disqualified himself by going to the ER instead of waiting until she got back from vacation and could make him appointment with the company doctor....wth? If I had my way, my husband would be looking for a new job. I think I'd start looking for a lawyer. If he was having a heart attack or bleeding out profusely....waiting for her to come back from vacation?  Nonsense. Smoke and mirrors. |
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Post by Sylie on Mar 28, 2019 22:04:09 GMT -5
Dawg, I think if it were life threatening, they would have made an exception lol but for an injured back, he was supposed to see the company doctor first apparently. The man couldn't breathe he was in so much pain, he couldn't walk, he couldn't do anything but he was supposed to wait 5 days for her to get off vacation. oooookay....
ME, I wasn't in on the meeting with HR, I just know what my husband told me when he came out of the meeting. As far as I know, it's what the HR person told him and the claim did not go to the WC people.
Sue, I have some writing experience but nothing published at this point, I have 2 manuscripts waiting for money to be published. I have tried self publishing but you have to have special software to convert to mobi or whatever and I can't afford that. As for blogging, I do have a couple of blogs but have no clue how to make money from them. Maybe I should research that.
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Nonsense. Smoke and mirrors.