Difficulties Working in Ontario After a Car Accident: Top 5 Things to Know

Being injured in a car crash in Ontario can be devastating, especially when it impacts your ability to work, earn income and support yourself and your family. Some people can’t work at all after a car accident. Others try to return to work and fail, or are able to return to work but only on modified duties and hours. Yet some return to work full-time because they simply have no choice, but are working with great pain every day. What to do? There are very few law firms that practice in both personal injury and employment law. Those that do can help people on both fronts, with their car accident claim, as well as with their employer.

If you or someone you know is injured in a car accident and your injuries affects your ability to work, remember the following 5 things:

1. You are likely entitled to benefits from your automobile insurance company (income replacement benefits, among other benefits).
2. You may be eligible for financial assistance through the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) or CPP Disability.
3. Your employer can’t fire you. It must accommodate your disability except for rare cases.
4. Make sure to provide your employer and auto insurance company with medical reports from your family doctor, clinic or hospital regarding your injuries and ongoing disability.
5. Speak with a lawyer that has experience in personal injury and employment to make sure that you are fully aware of your legal rights with respect to your car accident as well as employment situation.

Unfortunately, we see people regularly who have suffered injuries in a car accident and who, through no fault of their own, have been victimized over and over again, first by their insurance company and then by their employer who refuses to accommodate their disability from the accident. It doesn’t have to be that way. Your legal rights are an extremely powerful shield which, if used correctly, can protect you and your family.

Find out what your rights are, and how we can get you proper compensation. Contact an Ontario car accident lawyer at Samfiru Tumarkin LLP today for a free consultation.