Aaron Hotfelder is a legal editor at Nolo specializing in employment law and workers' compensation law. He has written for Nolo and Lawyers.com since 2011, covering topics ranging from workplace discrimination to unemployment benefits to employee privacy laws. He's a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA).
Books and citations. Aaron has edited many Nolo titles, including The Manager's Legal Handbook, Dealing With Problem Employees, and Working With Independent Contractors, and is a co-author of The Employer's Legal Handbook. Aaron's work has been cited by U.S. News & World Report, TheStreet.com, the St. Louis University Law Journal, and the Minnesota Law Review, among many other outlets.
Early legal career. Before joining Nolo as a legal editor, Aaron worked at a small law firm in Columbia, Missouri, representing clients in Social Security disability, long-term disability, and workers’ compensation cases. He later spent three years serving as an employment law consultant for a human resources and benefits compliance firm.
Education. Aaron received his law degree in 2010 from the University of Missouri School of Law. He holds a B.S. in criminal justice from Truman State University, known by some as the "Harvard of Northeast Missouri."
Articles By Aaron Hotfelder
Permanent partial disability (PPD) claims are the most common type of workers' compensation cases, making up over half of all workers' comp claims nationwide.
Employees in West Virginia are entitled to collect workers' compensation benefits if they are injured while performing their job or if they develop an illness that is related to their work (an “occupational” disease).
Workers’ compensation benefits are paid for, in one way or another, by the employers of the state.
If you've been injured as a result of your work, you should be able to collect workers compensation benefits. Here's how the settlements are determined.
A combination of long-term disability benefits and Social Security disability backpay can cause you to owe taxes.
If you have a long-term disability policy, you may be eligible to continue receiving most of your salary in the event you become unable to work.
Only a few states provide temporary disability benefits, though workers' comp and private employer-funded disability insurance do as well.
Disability benefits may be available for Trisomy X, or triple X syndrome, for those with severe mental or physical symptoms.
Here's how Arizona's Industrial Commission sets permanent disability compensation rates.
To qualify for workers' compensation benefits, you must be an employee of a company with workers’ comp insurance and you must have been injured at work or as a result of job-related duties.