If you return to work after settling your workers’ compensation case and face retaliation or discrimination from your employer, you should file a complaint with either the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or equivalent local enforcement body. In Philadelphia, this is the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, or PCHR. You should also contact an attorney who practices employment discrimination law – you can do this before or after you file a complaint, but there are very strict time requirement to file the complaint so do not hesitate to contact an attorney. Unfortunately, because you settled your workers’ compensation case, you cannot re-open it for any reason. Even if you could, the Workers’ Compensation Act does not cover retaliation or employment discrimination because these scenarios are covered by the above set of laws enforced by the EEOC and other local parallel agencies (like the PCHR). If you have further questions, you can always contact our office for a referral to a trusted employment discrimination attorney. ~ Timothy Worrall, Esq.