With more people working from home, workers compensation has become a 24-hour exposure for employers, some experts say.
Much of what directs the trajectory of a workers compensation claim has little to do with the claim itself the injury, the prognosis and much to do with the claimants everyday life, such as where they live or how much money they have in the bank.
With more people working from home, workers compensation has become a 24-hour exposure for employers, some experts say.
Of job holders in the United States, 58% the equivalent of 92 million people say they can work remotely at least part of the time
Much of what directs the trajectory of a workers compensation claim has little to do with the claim itself the injury, the prognosis and much to do with the claimants everyday life, such as where they live or how much money they have in the bank.
An Oregon State University study found an association with increasing temperatures and increased rates of injury claims that were more pronounced among workers in the agricultural and construction sectors.
An appeals court in Texas on Wednesday ruled that a military contractor must prove a worker was an employee to avoid a substantial jury award over negligence stemming from a workplace accident in 2016.
The Department of Industrial Relations Division of Workers Compensation and its Anti-Fraud Unit suspended 178 medical providers during the first eight months of 2022.
ALBANY, N.Y.—The spouse of a police forensic scientist who committed suicide after an audit uncovered irregularities in tests he had performed is entitled to workers compensation benefits, a New York appellate court has ruled. Thursday’s decision in Donna Veeder vs. New York State Police Department et al. overturned rulings by a workers compensation judge and […]
MADISON, Wis.—An employer does not have to change its long-standing safety policy to accommodate personal needs of an employee returning to work from an injury, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has ruled. In deBoer Transportation Inc. vs. Charles Swenson, Mr. Swenson suffered a work-related knee injury in August 2005 as a truck driver. After returning to work […]
PORTLAND, Ore.—A woman can proceed with a lawsuit alleging that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and retaliated against her for demanding her workers compensation rights, a federal appeals court has ruled in a split decision. Wednesday’s ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Heidi M. Cox vs. Wal-Mart […]