My 1 year anniversary with AOL journals is next week but I am unsure if I will be around. Internet and phone service are luxuries I may not be able to afford much longer. Shoot, electricity is something I may not be able to afford. Well it seems that worker's comp has decided to cut his check down even lower. His company is paying him a reduced wage and so worker's comp is now paying him based on that wage not what he was making when he was injured. And guess what? It is legal. So now He is making less than someone that works for McDonald's. So what to do? Apply for public assistance? Nope, his truck is worth more than $1500 that alone cuts him out. Quit? That is probably what they want. That way they do not have to pay for anything including the bills he has already accumulated. Start doing his full job before the doctor releases him? That will cause the same thing to happen, he will have to pay all the bills. Do it anyway? What will stop them from firing him. NOTHING! In Tennessee you can be fired and the employer does not have to have a reason. They cannot violate federal law. So that means they cannot fire you because of age , sex or race. As a matter of fact there is a law on the books that say if you put in a job application anywhere your current employer can fire you. And how about this.. If you do not have a written contract they can reduce your pay to minimum wage