Injured Workers

The Ombudsman Program provides assistance to employees, employers or any other party in a workers’ compensation claim that is not represented by an attorney. Knowing accurate information about the law and the processes can help prevent disputes from becoming roadblocks to agreements.

Workers’ compensation benefits are designed to return those suffering a compensable workplace injury to their health and to their jobs as quickly as possible. Injured workers will be provided with the appropriate medical treatment, deemed medically necessary by an authorized treating physician,  to recover from a compensable work-related injury or illness.

Workers’ compensation benefits are designed to return those suffering a compensable workplace injury to their health and to their jobs as quickly as possible.  Injured workers should be provided with the appropriate medical treatment medically necessary to recover from a compensable work-related injury or illness by an authorized treating physician.

The EMEEF (Employee Misclassification Education and Enforcement Fund) Program identifies and penalizes employers when a worker who is actually an employee is treated as self-employed or an independent contractor.

Employees who have suffered a compensable injury, meaning that the authorized treating physician has determined it to be work-related, may be entitled to receive the medical and wage replacement benefits as prescribed by the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Act.

After you are hurt on the job, several people will work with you to decide when you are ready to return to work and what work you will do.

If you have additional questions, please call 615-532-4812 or 800-332-2667 or contact us by email at wc.info@tn.gov. Find out about other available assistance programs by contacting an ombudsman. 

The Bureau has answered frequently asked questions regarding injured workers for your convenience.