Belleville, NJ (Workerscompensation.com). An employer’s action during the period after which an employee reports an injury and the date she is fired can go a long way to either showing retaliation or negating it.   A […]

Doylestown, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – When it comes to workers’ compensation benefits, an employee is generally out of luck if he doesn’t notify his employer of his injury within the state-mandated period. In Harris v. County […]

Atlantis, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Many workers’ compensation retaliation claims come down to the issue of whether the employer genuinely believed an employee’s conduct merited termination.As the case Francois v. JFK Medical Ctr., No. 4D22-1627. (Fla. […]

Venice, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Workers’ compensation is generally the sole remedy for an employee injured at work. But what if the employee’s supervisors provide the injured worker medical aid, and do so negligently?  That issue […]

Waynesville, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) – Employers’ policies often call for discipline when an employee violates an internal drug policy. It can complicate matters, however, when an employee files a workers’ compensation claim around the same time. […]

Charlotte, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In North Carolina, a workers’ compensation claim is not viable unless the injured employee notified the employer in writing within 30 days of the accident. But there are also circumstances when […]

Landover, MD (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Virginia, an occupational disease may include a disease that impacts the public in general if the employee’s development of the disease can be linked to the specific nature of his […]

Salem, OR (workerscompensation.com). Under the firefighter’s presumption, firefighters in Oregon need not bear the burden of demonstrating that certain diseases were caused by their occupation, if certain criteria are met.  When the presumption applies  The […]