Last Updated: July 6, 2026
Workers Covered (“Workers Covered,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) publishes educational material addressing the question of who is protected under New York workers’ compensation law, with particular attention to the situations that standard explanations tend to skip over: disputed worker classification, individuals who split their time across several employers, work performed outside New York, special or borrowed-employee arrangements, and gaps where coverage was assumed but never actually secured. By visiting workerscovered.com or otherwise using this website, you agree to the collection and handling of information described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these terms, please discontinue your use of the site.
Nothing in this Policy, and nothing you encounter on this website, should be read as legal advice or as creating any professional relationship between you and Workers Covered. We are not a law firm, we do not represent injured workers or employers, and we do not review individual claims. Any information you choose to share with us through a form, an email, or another channel is provided at your own discretion, and you should exercise the same judgment about what personal details you disclose here that you would on any other website.
Information We Collect
We collect information in two general ways. The first is information you choose to give us directly. If you send an email, fill out a contact form, subscribe to an update list, or leave a comment, you may provide a name, an email address, a general description of your situation, or other details you decide to include. We do not require you to submit sensitive personal information in order to read our content, and we encourage visitors to describe their circumstances in general terms rather than including identifying details about pending disputes, employers, or insurance carriers.
The second category is information collected automatically as a byproduct of your visit. Like nearly every website, our servers and the tools we rely on record technical and behavioral data whenever a page loads. This can include your Internet Protocol address, the type and version of browser and operating system you are using, the date and time of your visit, the pages you viewed and how long you stayed, the page that referred you to us, and the page you exited to afterward. This log-style information is generated automatically by standard web infrastructure; we do not ask you for it, and in most cases we cannot connect it to your name or identity without significant additional effort.
We also use cookies and comparable tracking technologies, including those supplied by analytics and advertising partners. A cookie is a small file stored by your browser that allows a website to recognize a returning visitor, remember preferences, and compile aggregate statistics about how a site is used. Our cookies and similar tools may track things such as which articles are most frequently read, how visitors move between pages, and whether traffic originated from a search engine, a social platform, or a direct visit. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies through their settings; doing so may affect how parts of the site display or function, but it will not prevent you from reading our published material.
How Your Information Is Used
Information you submit voluntarily is used to respond to your inquiry, to maintain any subscription or communication you have requested, and, where relevant, to better understand which coverage topics readers are struggling with so that we can improve or expand our published guides. Automatically collected log and usage data is used in aggregate to understand how the site performs, which content resonates with visitors, where technical errors occur, and how our traffic is distributed geographically and across devices. We use this aggregate picture to prioritize what we write about next and to keep the site functioning properly; we are not attempting to build a profile of any individual visitor.
If you have submitted contact information because you are interested in speaking with an attorney or another professional about your situation, we may use that information to facilitate an introduction, as described further below. We do not use the personal details you send us to make decisions about your legal rights, and we do not sell the substance of your inquiry to data brokers.
When We Share Information
We are not in the business of selling personal information, and our disclosure of data is limited to a handful of specific circumstances. First, we rely on outside vendors to keep the site running — hosting providers, analytics platforms, email delivery services, and similar infrastructure companies — and those vendors necessarily process some of the data described above on our behalf, under obligations to use it only for the services they provide us.
Second, if you affirmatively ask to be connected with an attorney, a referral network, or another third-party professional through our contact page or a similar request, we will share the details you provided with the relevant party or parties so they can follow up with you. We do not control what that professional or organization does with your information once it is in their hands, and any relationship that follows is strictly between you and them; we encourage you to ask any professional you are referred to how they separately handle your information.
Third, we may disclose information where we believe in good faith that doing so is required by law, subpoena, court order, or other legal process, or where disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the safety, rights, or property of Workers Covered, our visitors, or the public. Finally, if Workers Covered were ever to merge with, be acquired by, or transfer its assets to another entity, visitor information could be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to the receiving party’s commitment to handle it consistently with a policy of this kind.
Third-Party Sites and Advertising
Our articles link out to government resources, court decisions, insurance-industry references, and, at times, professional directories or firms that may be able to assist readers directly. We do not control those destinations, and once you leave workerscovered.com, the privacy practices of the site you land on take over. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any external site before providing information there. Similarly, any advertising displayed on this site may be served by third-party networks that use their own cookies or tracking pixels to determine which ads to show you across the web; those practices are governed by the advertiser’s or network’s own privacy disclosures, not this one.
Security
We take reasonable, industry-standard precautions to protect the information collected through this site, including the use of secure hosting infrastructure and access controls limiting who can view submitted data. That said, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security for any information you send to us over the internet. You transmit information to us at your own risk, and we encourage you to avoid including highly sensitive details — such as Social Security numbers, medical records, or financial account information — in any message to this site.
Children’s Privacy
Workers Covered is intended for adults researching workplace injury and coverage issues, and the site is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of thirteen. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us using the details below and we will take steps to delete it promptly.
Changes to This Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, the tools we use, or applicable law. When we do, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage visitors to check back periodically; continued use of the site after a revision is posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.
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