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Porn, Prostitution Messages, not Disability, Caused Employee's Termination
Porn, Prostitution Messages, not Disability, Caused Employee's Termination

Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Respecting the Americans with Disabilities Act does not mean ignoring the standards of a professional workplace. For example, in Schneider v. Harmon Solutions Group LLC, No. 21-2813 (7th Cir. 06/23/22, unpublished), […]
What Do You Think: Was Employer Justified in Reviewing Worker's Opioid Treatment?
What Do You Think: Was Employer Justified in Reviewing Worker's Opioid Treatment?

Dover, DE (WorkersCompensation.com) – A big question that comes up with pain treatment, particularly treatment involving opioids, is how long a worker needs to be treated. That’s what Delaware’s top court had to decide in […]
Worker's Knowledge of Tinnitus Prompts Statute of Limitations
Worker's Knowledge of Tinnitus Prompts Statute of Limitations

Cedar Rapids, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) – When an injury occurs over time, at what point should a worker know that his injury could be compensable? That question was before the court in Havill v. Quaker Oats […]
School District's Denial Opens Possibility of Off-Plan Provider for Special Ed Teacher
School District's Denial Opens Possibility of Off-Plan Provider for Special Ed Teacher

Rapid City, SD (WorkersCompensation.com) – The issue of whether a doctor is part of a plan can determine whether workers’ compensation coverage will pay for treatment. In Dittman v. Rapid City School District, Nos. 29548, […]
Monkeypox at Work? Not Likely to be a Problem per CDC Guidance
Monkeypox at Work? Not Likely to be a Problem per CDC Guidance

Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – After close to two and a half years of dealing with the coronavirus, workplaces around the country are shifting back to the “old normal” of in-person work, meetings, and gatherings. And […]
DOJ Cautions Employers about Disability Considerations with Hiring Technologies
DOJ Cautions Employers about Disability Considerations with Hiring Technologies

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Automation is all around, and anyone who has applied for a job lately has probably encountered multiple layers of artificial intelligence somewhere along the path from seeing a job posting to […]
5 Questions for New WCI Executive Director Andrew Sabolic
5 Questions for New WCI Executive Director Andrew Sabolic

In early June, the Workers’ Compensation Institute welcomed Andrew Sabolic as its news executive director. Sabolic, who had served as Assistant Director of the Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation at the Florida Department of Financial […]
5 Things to Know about State of Workers' Compensation, Annual Benchmarking Study
5 Things to Know about State of Workers' Compensation, Annual Benchmarking Study

There’s no shortage of studies addressing needs and trends in the workers’ compensation industry. One study that has been a yearly fixture is Rising Medical Solutions’ workers’ compensation benchmarking study. The latest version of the […]