Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com)  – The U.S. Department of Labor held a panel discussion today on the 50-year legacy of the Report of the National Commission on State Workmen’s Compensation Laws and whether the workers’ compensation […]

Washington,DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will offer free, confidential black lung screenings to coal miners in August 2022. The screenings provide early detection of black lung disease, a […]

Denver,CO (WorkersCompensation.com) – To target one of the construction industry's most dangerous hazards – falls from elevation – the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a new initiative to conduct […]

Nashville,TN (WorkersCompensation.com) - Governor Bill Lee has reappointed Timothy W. Conner as a judge on the Tennessee Bureau of  Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Appeals Board.  Judge Conner has served on the Appeals Board since August 2014 […]

The California Trucking Association and various California owner operator truckers have lost their battle to avoid application of AB-5 to their businesses. On June 30, 2022 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the controversy. […]

Los Angeles,CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -  Q'Orianka Kilcher, 32, of North Hollywood,has been charged with two felony counts of workers' compensation insurance fraud. An investigation by the California Department of Insurance found Kilcher allegedly broke the law […]

On June 21, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court released an order list for a host of cases before the Court. As part of the list, the Court noted the requests for two workers’ compensation case […]

Fairfax, VA (WorkersCompensation.com). Whether a job function is "essential" for purposes of a worker's request for reasonable accommodations depends on several factors.  When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in Spring 2020, a home healthcare agency, plagued […]