@puffball: ubertownie I definitely didn't just try to figure out how Worker's Comp was figured out in New York - can you collect worker's comp if the company explodes?
@silverwizard tbh I think Alchemax probably still existed for at least several months after the explosion They even had a different office for R&D and probably corporate in upstate new york which wouldn't have been affected by the explosion at all I think if the spot applied for worker's comp, he could've gotten in on the class action lawsuit that had to have happened after they caused the sequel to 9/11 in manhattan, and gotten a huge payout because he was working there as an employee and got injured so badly that his entire physical being was erased
@silverwizard hey wait a fucking minute, in across the spiderverse, Alchemax has signs at the cleanup site which means the company STILL EXISTS, which means he FOR SURE can still collect worker's comp
@silverwizard if we can guesstimate a little, Alchemax would probably be insured under NYSIF which is the cheapest worker's comp insurer
Benefits are based on the average weekly wage (AWW) earned by the employee during the 52-week period immediately prior to the accident. The maximum weekly benefit rate is equal to two-thirds of the AWW in New York State, subject to the degree of disability.
So he'd be getting his weekly wage for 52 weeks, and then
@puffball: ubertownie Honestly, based on the damage he's taken - that doesn't seem like enough. And I bet the fact that he can't undergo a CAT/PET scan will mean they'll say they doubt there's brain damage.
Ya know what - I'd be pissed off! (though maybe not at Spiderman)
@silverwizard yeah TBH I think the real villains here are the insurance companies who leave workers out to dry, and the soulless cogs of capitalism
I bet even getting 65k in comp would be a fight, since I imagine his primary care provider wouldn't know how to diagnose what happened, and it would get tied up in insurance bureaucracy without a concrete answer from his doctor
I think the spot should take revenge on NYSIF until he has enough money to comfortably retire
@silverwizard also tbh he probably still had a job at Alchemax after the incident
like, he probably could've just gone back into the office a week later and been fine so long as they didn't want to do experiments on him Like, they were working with doc ock who was kind of quirky, so I can't imagine this would be that big of a deal
he'd probably even get sponsorship from the company if he wanted to figure out how the portals worked
I think the only answer is that he's just such a failgirl that he got fired somehow, and doesn't have enough hobbies to keep himself occupied
@silverwizard @puffball: ubertownie popping in to point out that ppl are looking for reasons to fire ppl with disabilities.... dude was probably walking on eggshells but made one mistake, and they used it as an excuse to do the thing. You can't get worker's comp if they make up a "valid reason", can you?
@firefly_lightning @silverwizard oh my god you are so right, justice for spot, he deserves more than just worker's comp but also a union. Comrade spot, a proud worker, viva la revolucion etc
@silverwizard tbh that's barely anything for getting completely erased from existence, I think if I got vaporized like that and only got 65,000 dollars for it I'd be stealing from ATMs too
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in reply to silverwizard • • •They even had a different office for R&D and probably corporate in upstate new york which wouldn't have been affected by the explosion at all
I think if the spot applied for worker's comp, he could've gotten in on the class action lawsuit that had to have happened after they caused the sequel to 9/11 in manhattan, and gotten a huge payout because he was working there as an employee and got injured so badly that his entire physical being was erased
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in reply to puffball: Stands Defiantly • •@puffball: ubertownie DAMNIT! Well that throws that theory. I wonder if the Kingpin used a bunch of lawyers to fight the workers comp claim somehow...
Or maybe Spot just is angry
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in reply to puffball: Stands Defiantly • • •@silverwizard if we can guesstimate a little, Alchemax would probably be insured under NYSIF which is the cheapest worker's comp insurer
Benefits are based on the average weekly wage (AWW) earned by the employee during the 52-week period immediately prior to the accident. The maximum weekly benefit rate is equal to two-thirds of the AWW in New York State, subject to the degree of disability.
So he'd be getting his weekly wage for 52 weeks, and then
injuryfacts.nsc.org/work/costs…
probably about 65,000 dollars for his multiple body part injury, but if he can prove he has a brain injury he can get almost 100k
Workers’ Compensation Costs - Injury Facts
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in reply to puffball: Stands Defiantly • •@puffball: ubertownie Honestly, based on the damage he's taken - that doesn't seem like enough. And I bet the fact that he can't undergo a CAT/PET scan will mean they'll say they doubt there's brain damage.
Ya know what - I'd be pissed off! (though maybe not at Spiderman)
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in reply to silverwizard • • •@silverwizard yeah TBH I think the real villains here are the insurance companies who leave workers out to dry, and the soulless cogs of capitalism
I bet even getting 65k in comp would be a fight, since I imagine his primary care provider wouldn't know how to diagnose what happened, and it would get tied up in insurance bureaucracy without a concrete answer from his doctor
I think the spot should take revenge on NYSIF until he has enough money to comfortably retire
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in reply to puffball: Stands Defiantly • • •@silverwizard also tbh he probably still had a job at Alchemax after the incident
like, he probably could've just gone back into the office a week later and been fine so long as they didn't want to do experiments on him
Like, they were working with doc ock who was kind of quirky, so I can't imagine this would be that big of a deal
he'd probably even get sponsorship from the company if he wanted to figure out how the portals worked
I think the only answer is that he's just such a failgirl that he got fired somehow, and doesn't have enough hobbies to keep himself occupied
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in reply to puffball: Stands Defiantly • • •@silverwizard wait, in his flashback he said he "lost his job", and it cuts to this scene of alchemax scientists pointing and laughing at him
He did actually try to go back to work
I think he had to have done something so embarrassing on the job that he just couldn't go back, because he for sure was allowed in the building
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Hmmmmm
Do you think he kicked his own ass at work?! IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE
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in reply to silverwizard • •@puffball: ubertownie damnit - my wife points out he was probably constructively dismissed after showing up to work with a visible disability
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in reply to Becky • • •Comrade spot, a proud worker, viva la revolucion etc
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