Assess Your Career Danger Due To Injury
Physical injury can affect your life in more ways than just pain. The pain itself and possible physical disability can affect the way you enjoy life, but it can also affect the way you get things done. If you've been having trouble moving around the way you used to or have concerns about your job performance in the future if injuries become worse, make sure to consider a few negotiation points before accepting any settlement agreement.
Damages To Body And Career
As you consider returning to work, think about how your job could be affected. If physical labor is a large part of your job, you may work more slowly due to breaks or physical inability as you recover. Unfortunately, recovery may take years and you may never return to 100%.
Jobs without physical labor are no less affected. Pain affects concentration, which can make anything from remembering appointments to calculations a challenge no matter the difficulty. As you look for ways to get around such blockades through physical therapy or psychiatric help, time may be taken away from work or personal time, which can lower productivity and job satisfaction.
While working through settlement negotiations, make sure to bring up your potential losses in your professional life. A realistic projection can be created by measuring your work quality before and after the injury. If it's reasonable that your ability to work well, maintain a job or remain viable for promotion is affected, a personal injury lawyer can help you push for compensation to offset those losses.
Finding A New, Acceptable Path Of Income
If your injuries are severe enough or your disabilities so intruding, it may be best to find a new job. Even if you're able to keep your current job for the moment, there is a reasonable risk that your company may need to relieve you of your duties through forced retirement or layoffs due to legal necessity.
Even if business is good now, market situations are temporary and you may never know when the next financial crisis may end your job. The next job may not be so understanding of your injuries, but if you qualify for other career paths that are not impeded by your injuries, your future can be more secure.
Negotiate for career support services to open new doors of opportunity should your current career lose its viability. Job training, a new or different college education plan or certification program can do more than simply give you another job; with enough preparation, you can at least raise your minimum income in the new career field. You may even exceed your current income.
Such negotiations may be more affordable than large cash amounts, as your legal opponent may be able to acquire grant writer services for financial aid or obtain cooperation with colleges and universities. Contact a team of personal injury lawyers (at John Tamming Law Office or elsewhere) to begin a negotiation plan that protects your future income.
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