The How-To’s of Virtual Hearings

New York State has recently revealed that it will be implementing a virtual hearing procedure for all workers’ compensation hearings. The roll-out of the virtual hearing process began in November and is already in place in select downstate hearing points and is making its way to Binghamton and other upstate hearing locations in the very near future.

The virtual hearing process allows (read: strongly encourages) claimants, attorneys, licensed representatives, and witnesses to appear at all workers’ compensation hearings via their computer, tablet or mobile device. …

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