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Workers Comp — S-T (Ever/Never)

Workers Comp raises a raucous, twanging ruckus on this self-titled debut, spitting home-spun poetry about dead-end jobs off the back end of a bucking blues-vamp. Disappointments are rife, the struggle is real, but it’s always music o’clock somewhere, and that’s something to celebrate.

A stripped-down trio, Workers Comp marshals the talents of Deadbeat Beat’s Joshua Gillis on guitar, Luke Reddick of Divorce Horse on bass and Ryan McKeever of Staffers on drums. Fair warning, however, the new band sounds not much at all like any of its three predecessors. Instead, it evokes the humorous wallop of the Strapping Field Hands, and the drunken rave-ups of Hootenany-era Replacements. This country viewed through a cracked mirror, amped up and agitated, but also extremely articulate.

The disc starts with its honkey-tonk-i-est track, the Cash-worshiping “When I’m Here,” which starts in profanity and an aborted count, and goes from there. Gills drawls in an uncertain croak, but the lines include some doozies (My favorite: “Labor day in Baltimore/that’s time and a half/planting flowers on a plot between a joke and a laugh/if irony were ecstasy we’d rave until we die, eating bubblegum for breakfast or McDonald’s apple pie.” ) Indeed, the combination of absolute commitment and sly subversion might remind you of Ryan Davis.

It’s a good first track, but also a bit of a head fake. The rest of the songs run more to rock than roadhouse, though of a rootsy, blues-fired, early 1960s variety. And, these dear reader, are the good ones. “Pick and Choose,” rolls like a semi-truck on a steep down-grade, driver frantically looking for an off-ramp. “High on the Job,” maybe the disc’s best cut, flares out of a box drum cadence, its blues riff jutting off towards the horizon, as the singer spouts poetry. “Tripping hard in the parking lot of a quick stop on the go/feeling like an open mic at a lip-sync funeral,” drones Gillis, and it make sense in a lurid, trance-y way.

Gillis sings most of the cuts, but Luke Reddick takes over vocals on “Peel Away” and “It’s Fine” have a noticeably different tone to them, less sardonic, more anthemic and with the singing coming from a different place in the mix. In addition, Anna McClelland stops by to sing ���Never Have I Ever,” slipping a bit of sweetness into Workers Comp’s bleak, hyperverbal dystopias, and it makes you think about what a different band they’d be with her as the singer. Still furious, still clanging hard, still letting loose an ecstatic “Whooo!” at unpredictable intervals, but lots more pop.

The music is consistently excellent, rough-edged and full of heart, but brainy enough to catch you up short. I played “Gilt Rigs” for a member of the family and asked him if he heard any Dire Straits in the guitars. “It’s like Dire Straits played by the Fall,” he said, and if you want to know what that sounds like, get on Workers Comp.

Jennifer Kelly

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How Does Workers' Compensation Work in Missouri?

When you’re injured on the job, one of the first questions you may ask is, “How does workers’ comp work?” Understanding your rights and the process can make all the difference in ensuring you receive the medical care and wage replacement benefits you’re entitled to under Missouri law.

At the Law Office of James M. Hoffmann, we’ve helped injured workers across Missouri for over 30 years—recovering more than $100,000,000 in benefits. Here’s what you need to know.

What Is Workers' Compensation?

Workers’ compensation is a state-mandated insurance system that provides benefits to employees who suffer work-related injuries or illnesses. In Missouri, nearly every employer with five or more employees (or just one in the construction industry) is legally required to carry workers’ comp insurance.

Workers’ Comp Covers:

Medical treatment for your injury or illness

Lost wages if you’re unable to work while recovering

Permanent disability benefits

Vocational rehabilitation, if needed

Death benefits for surviving dependents if a worker dies on the job

Step-by-Step: How the Missouri Workers’ Comp Process Works

1. Report Your Injury Immediately

Under Missouri law, you must report your injury to your employer within 30 days, preferably in writing. Failing to do so can jeopardize your claim.

2. Employer Chooses the Doctor

Unlike some states, in Missouri, your employer (or their insurance company) has the right to choose the doctor who treats you. If you see your own doctor without approval, you may have to pay out of pocket.

3. Medical Treatment Begins

Once your injury is accepted as work-related, the insurance company should cover all necessary medical treatment, including surgeries, physical therapy, and prescriptions—at no cost to you.

4. Receive Wage Loss Benefits

If your doctor says you can’t work, you may qualify for Temporary Total Disability (TTD) benefits. These typically pay two-thirds of your average weekly wage, up to a state maximum.

5. Reach Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI)

Once your doctor determines your condition has stabilized, you’ve reached MMI. At this point, you may be eligible for:

Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) – if you can return to work but have a lasting impairment

Permanent Total Disability (PTD) – if you can’t work at all

6. Settlement or Trial

If there's a dispute over your benefits—or if your employer's insurance company offers a lowball settlement—you have the right to request a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge. Many cases settle beforehand, often with legal representation to maximize your compensation.

Common Workers’ Comp Disputes

At the Law Office of James M. Hoffmann, we often help clients who are:

Denied medical treatment or benefits

Offered unfair settlement amounts

Accused of having a “pre-existing condition”

Retaliated against or fired after reporting an injury

Why You Need a Missouri Workers’ Compensation Attorney

Insurance companies have teams of adjusters and lawyers working to minimize your claim. When you work with us:

You get direct, attorney-led representation

We fight to get your medical care approved

We help you recover every dollar you’re entitled to

We don't get paid unless we win your case

Injured at Work? Contact Us Today.

Don’t leave your health and financial future in the hands of an insurance company. With over $100,000,000 recovered for injured workers, James M. Hoffmann has the experience and dedication to fight for maximum compensation.

📞 Call (314) 361-4300 or 📩 Contact us online for a free, confidential consultation.

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Workers Comp @ La Toscadura - 03/21/2025

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Workplace injuries can devastate your health, career and financial stability. If you’ve been injured at work, seeking help from the best workplace injury lawyers in Brisbane is key to getting the compensation and support you deserve. Understanding your rights under Queensland’s WorkCover scheme and how a WorkCover solicitor can help you navigate the claims process is vital for your future.

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Tonight I’d like to recommend everyone research what their states policies are in relation to getting workers compensation for illness, specifically I’d like to mention COVID. You may find that it does indeed apply to your state to some degree.

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One Injury, Two Cases? | Can I Have A Workers Comp AND a Third Party Case? - [Call 312-500-4500]

In this video, injury lawyer Scott DeSalvo discusses a common but complex issue that arises in workers comp cases: what happens if you get injured while working but it's someone else's fault? Scott provides examples of situations where this might occur, such as a truck driver getting hit by another driver or a construction worker falling due to a safety violation. The good news is that if you're in this situation, you can potentially have both a workers comp case and a third-party lawsuit.

Scott explains the benefits of having both cases and the differences in damages you can claim. While workers comp damages are capped, a third-party case allows for unlimited damages, including pain and suffering, disability, and future treatment costs. If you find yourself in this situation, it's important to consult with a lawyer to navigate the complexities. Watch the video to learn more and get the information you need to protect your rights.

When an employee is injured at work due to someone else's fault, they may have both a workers' compensation case and a third-party lawsuit. Examples include a truck driver injured in a collision caused by another driver or a construction worker hurt due to a general contractor's safety violation. Workers' compensation provides benefits like paid time off, medical care, and settlements without proving employer negligence, but damages are capped.

A third-party lawsuit allows for unlimited damages determined by a judge or jury, including claims for pain and suffering, disability, and future medical expenses. Combining workers' compensation with a third-party lawsuit can be beneficial but complicated, so consulting a lawyer is recommended.

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No Escape Like Immersion: Alex Johnson’s 2024 Year in Review

The Minneapolis Uranium Club

I’m sure there are people who glide through November, then December, then New Year's day without getting snagged by even a single impulse to summarize. Someone somewhere, who, faced with the rapid approach of 2025, has just shrugged without a second or third intrusive thought about what was and what it meant. Must be nice, I guess. But I can only guess, because I’m at least ten retrospectives in, music-related and otherwise. Let’s stick with the music-related. I’m sorry to report that I haven’t arrived at a grand, unifying theory of my 2024 listening experience. Still, more than in recent years, the albums that stuck with me were immersive, escapist or both. Can’t imagine why.

Cindy Lee’s Diamond Jubilee and Water Damage’s In E were, for very different reasons, easy to sink into and float around in; long records that I came back to when I wanted to change the texture of my surroundings. A low-hassle alternative to painting my walls or hanging new art. Each album is escapist in its own way. In E, to quote Tim Clarke’s review for Dusted, is a record “to which the listener must willingly submit…[a] surrender to the void…under the intense pile-driving weight of volume and distortion.” Once you’ve adjusted to the grinding patterns, a heady, steadying ambience takes hold. It’s a record that leaves you the good kind of sore; the invigorated ache after the runner’s high. Diamond Jubilee, on the other hand, worked for me like a radio station. I loved the way I could let the music fade in and out, tuning back in and turning it up when something leapt to my attention: a high point I remembered, or, often, something I’d missed before. Jonathan Shaw put it well in our mid-year record swap when he mentioned its “strong relations to the dreamlike quality of the surreal.”

Following on from Cindy Lee’s surreality are two records I reviewed, R.E. Seraphin’s Fool’s Mate and Uranium Club’s Infants Under the Bulb. Both excellent guitar records; killer amalgamations of their respective rock and roll lineages — one Petty and Paisley, the other jittery punk funk. Once rocking along though, I encountered strange, precise songs full of ominous imagery; stormy and somatic, desperate and a little blurred. These records inspire immersion of a different, more intensely attentive kind. If I let Diamond Jubilee take me on a sprawling drift along the dial, I escaped into these records like reading great fiction — unable to put down Seraphin’s warped short stories or Uranium Club’s dystopian thriller.

No less compelling was Rosali Middleman’s lovely, burning Bite Down. Like Uranium Club, it unfolds as a kind of narrative. Unlike Uranium Club, you’re not constantly wary of the next lurch, but are pulled along all the same — an evening wander through the woods compared to Uranium Club’s rollercoaster ride. Christian Carey, in his review, wrote of the title track that “biting down is taken here as grasping at what’s real, with which the narrator struggles.” Indeed, a core pleasure of the album is how Middleman seems to be finding her way, exploring the illuminated edges of an otherwise opaque scene as the music is laid out. Here she’s backed by, as Jennifer Kelly has put it, “the rough-cut energy…[and] precision” of Mowed Sound, whose timeless chops are beautifully woven with Rosali’s own infectious, hair-raising guitar playing. It’s a warm album that still shudders on occasion, without any real lulls and with plenty of remarkable, discrete moments — the ripping guitar duet from “Change Is in the Form” or the first ascent of the chorus in “Hills On Fire,” for example. For me, the immersion of Bite Down mirrored, in one important way, that of In E: to listen was to be covered over and propelled forward, first by choice and then by the atmospheric power of the music. I hope 2025 yields as much art worth falling into. I expect it will and I expect that we’ll need it.

Of course, the five records above couldn’t capture everything I dug this past year. What about the poignant, affectionate jangle pop of The Spatulas’ Beehive Mind? Or the righteous anthems-in-miniature from Antenna? Let alone the loose but never shallow songwriting on Jennifer Castle’s masterful Camelot; the raw, intoxicating garage sessions from Workers Comp and Mordecai; and the potent celebrations of guitar from Tidiane Thiam, Chris Forsyth’s BASIC, and Yasmin Williams. Just scratching the surface. I could go on, but I’d rather get back to listening. Whether you find something new in the list below or it stirs up a revisit, many happy jams, vibes, bops, and bangers to you.

Water Damage — In E (12XU)

Cindy Lee — Diamond Jubilee (self released)

R.E. Seraphin — Fool’s Mate (Take A Turn/Safe Suburban Home)

Uranium Club — Infants Under the Bulb (Static Shock)

Rosali — Bite Down(Merge)

The Spatulas — Beehive Mind (Post Present Medium)

Jennifer Castle — Camelot (Paradise of Bachelors)

Mordecai — Seeds from the Furthest Vine (Petty Bunco)

Marcel Wave — Something Looming (Feel It)

Workers Comp — Workers Comp (ever/never)

Amy Rigby — Hang in There With Me (Tapete)

Lee Bagget — Waves for a Begull (Perpetual Doom)

Antenna — Antenna (Urge)

Tidiane Thiam — Africa Yontii (Sahel Sounds)

BASIC — This Is BASIC (No Quarter)

Pissed Jeans — Half Divorced (Sub Pop)

Yasmin Williams — Acadia (Nonesuch)

Yohei — Echo You Know (Perpetual Doom)

Animal Piss, It’s Everywhere — Grace (Sophomore Lounge)

David Nance & Mowed Sound — David Nance & Mowed Sound (Third Man)

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Can I Be Fired for Filing a Workers' Comp Claim in Missouri?

If you've been injured on the job in Missouri, you may be wondering, "Can I be fired for filing a workers' comp claim?" This is a common concern for many employees who fear retaliation from their employers. Let's explore your rights as an injured worker in Missouri and what protections you have when filing a workers' compensation claim.

The Short Answer: No, You Cannot Be Legally Fired for Filing a Workers' Comp Claim

Under Missouri law, it is illegal for an employer to fire an employee solely for filing a workers' compensation claim. This protection is part of the state's efforts to ensure that injured workers can seek the benefits they're entitled to without fear of losing their jobs.

Understanding Your Rights in Missouri

When you file a workers' compensation claim in Missouri, you are protected by several important rights:

The right to file a claim for work-related injuries or illnesses

The right to medical treatment for your work-related injury

The right to receive compensation for lost wages if you're unable to work

The right to return to your job once you've recovered (with some limitations)

The right to be free from retaliation for filing a claim

What Constitutes Retaliation?

Retaliation can take many forms, not just termination. Other examples of potential retaliation include:

Demotion

Reduction in pay or hours

Unfavorable shift changes

Harassment or creation of a hostile work environment

Negative performance reviews that aren't based on actual performance

Exceptions and Complications

While it's illegal to fire someone solely for filing a workers' comp claim, there are some situations where an employer might legally terminate an injured worker:

1. Inability to Perform Job Duties

If your injury prevents you from performing your essential job functions even with reasonable accommodations, your employer may have grounds for termination.

2. Violation of Company Policies

If you violate company policies or perform poorly for reasons unrelated to your injury, you could be terminated.

3. Layoffs or Business Closures

If your company undergoes layoffs or closes entirely, you may lose your job regardless of your workers' comp claim.

Steps to Protect Yourself

To protect your rights when filing a workers' comp claim:

Report your injury promptly: Notify your employer as soon as possible after a work-related injury occurs.

Document everything: Keep detailed records of your injury, medical treatment, and any communications with your employer.

Follow medical advice: Attend all medical appointments and follow your doctor's instructions carefully.

Know your rights: Familiarize yourself with Missouri's workers' compensation laws.

Be aware of deadlines: There are time limits for filing claims and appeals in Missouri workers' comp cases.

What to Do If You Suspect Retaliation

If you believe you've been fired or faced other forms of retaliation for filing a workers' comp claim:

Document any actions or communications that you believe are retaliatory.

File a complaint with the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

Consider consulting with an experienced workers' compensation attorney in St. Louis.

Other Considerations in Workers' Comp Cases

While dealing with potential retaliation, it's important to remember other aspects of your workers' comp case:

Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI): This is a crucial concept in determining when you might be able to return to work.

Light Duty Work: Your employer may offer modified duties while you recover.

Permanent Work Restrictions: If your injury results in permanent limitations, this could affect your long-term employment situation.

Workers' Comp Surveillance: Be aware that insurance companies may monitor your activities to verify your claim.

Protect Your Rights with Experienced Legal Representation

Navigating a workers' compensation claim while dealing with potential retaliation can be complex and stressful. It's crucial to have knowledgeable legal representation to protect your rights and ensure you receive the benefits you deserve.

At the Law Office of James M. Hoffmann, we have over 30 years of experience representing injured workers in Missouri. We understand the nuances of workers' compensation law and can help you fight against any form of retaliation.

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If you've been fired or faced retaliation after filing a workers' comp claim in Missouri, don't face this challenge alone. Contact the Law Office of James M. Hoffmann today for a free consultation. We'll evaluate your case, explain your rights, and fight to protect your job and your right to workers' compensation benefits.

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Tonight!