I run a small satellite office for my company here in MD

Labor can be quite transient and I'm no stranger already to having to deal with unemployment and the process.

But Sunday of last week, I had a guy get hurt on the crew with a back muscle bruise. I sent him to the doctor that day and was put on light duty and said to follow back on the tuesday after. I have no real light duty here so he's home until released. He didn't make the return visit to the doctor's office we sent him to. Told me he would get seen. Then maybe by his own Dr. I told him that's fine for a second opinion but we would only cover his visits and requirements for the office we sent him to. Also cannot work him until a full release.

He's now not responded to me or the workman's comp claims adjuster.

Beyond the idea that he may be lawyer-ing up (which would be hilarious for the minor accident it is), he's obviously not looking to milk the workman's comp because we would need him to follow our process for that to be paid out.

So my question is this, I've tried to contact DLLR to ask what unemployment implications we have and to make sure we do this right but I'm wanting to just go ahead and terminate him based on no show/no call.

Thoughts? DLLR seems to be pretty inadequate in helping the business keep in line.