YOUR RIGHTS

1.     You may be treated by a doctor.

You must first provide your employer actual notice of an injury.  After that, you have the right to treatment with the company’s doctor who must provide you a report.  Only after that may you try to change your physician with the help of an attorney.  Industrial clinics and doctors bid for your company’s business, the least care at the lowest price.

2.     You may file a Workers’ Compensation claim without being fired.

Oklahoma law does not allow employers to fire workers for filing a claim or for hiring a lawyer to represent them in the Workers’ Compensation Court.  For your protection, it is very important that your claim is on file.  If you are fired because you filed a Form 3, you may be entitled to receive back pay and punitive damages.

3.     You need not release information to your employer.

Although you will have to be treated by the company doctor, do not sign any medical authorizations so that its doctor cannot discuss your medical treatment outside of your presence with your employer.  Do not sign any medical authorizations or other documents without first consulting with your attorney.  You are going to need to get an attorney in order to get to a doctor of your choice.

With changes in the law, your employer may now use what is commonly called a “case manager”.  They may try to accompany you to medical evaluations or treatment.  This is often done under the guise of “helping you understand” what the doctor is doing, etc.  In the past an injured employee could refuse this; however, now it is part of the law and if there is a nurse case manager, they will oversee your medical treatment.  But there is no requirement that you allow them into the examination room or allow them to talk to the doctor.

Remember that your employer is not required to tell you about your rights.

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