Workers' Compensation

Basic Information

For Workers' Comp. call UFT Health & Safety Department 212-510-6460

FAQs on Workers' Compensation

Workers’ Compensation is a form of insurance, paid for in advance by your employer, which entitles you to full medical coverage, and part of your salary, for job-related injuries and illnesses.

Injury in the Line of Duty

Know Your Rights: ILOD

UFT members are injured in school incidents-mostly assaults-every day. What are my rights if I am assaulted?

Necessary DOE/WCB Forms to File

If you are a paraprofessional, school nurse or OT/PT and have a work-related injury or illness - You are entitled to Workers’ Comp no matter whose fault the injury/illness is, as long as you were on school property or were performing your normal work duties. The only exception is where the injury is due solely to intoxication from alcohol or a controlled substance or you willfully injured yourself or were hurt while trying to injure someone else.

Worker's Compensation Forms

Workers' Compensation Board - Common Forms

Common Forms for Printing and Mailing FORMS ARE LISTED IN ALPHA/NUMERIC ORDER BY FORM NUMBER (e.g., C–2, C–3, C–4…)

Workers' Compensation "Navigator"

Welcome to the initial distribution of the "Navigator". The "Navigator" was created to inform and mobilized PEF navigators, members and activists around Workers' Compensation issues.