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What Do You Think: Was Worker who Fell from Ladder Employee or Independent Contractor?
What Do You Think: Was Worker who Fell from Ladder Employee or Independent Contractor?

  Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) – When a worker fell from a ladder while painting the house of the owner of a business he regularly performed work for, his injury raised questions about whether he was […]
Terminating 74-year-old for Refusing Flu Shot Raises Age Discrimination Question
Terminating 74-year-old for Refusing Flu Shot Raises Age Discrimination Question

Birmingham, AL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Even before the pandemic, encouraging employees to get vaccinated has long been a best practice for a safer, healthier workplace. However, as a hospital discovered in Smith v. Healthcare Authority for […]
What Do You Think: Was CNA's Injury Related to Work?
What Do You Think: Was CNA's Injury Related to Work?

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – In the medical field, credentials matter. And as a Pennsylvania court recently detailed, a doctor’s credential can make all the difference in whether a worker receives benefits. A certified nursing assistant […]
Lockton Looks to Survey Data to Improve Decision-Making, Change Culture
Lockton Looks to Survey Data to Improve Decision-Making, Change Culture

Stuart, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – What’s the best way to change a fixed mindset when it comes to workers’ compensation? Numbers can make the case. Although conventional thinking rules the day with many employers when it […]
N.Y. Police Officer's 9/11 Claims Come Up Short
N.Y. Police Officer's 9/11 Claims Come Up Short

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The officers and first responders at Ground Zero on 9/11 are widely recognized as heroes who risked -- and in some cases sacrificed -- their lives to save others.  Nonetheless, […]
What Do You Think: Did Mask Requirement Raise 'Regarded As' Claim under ADA?
What Do You Think: Did Mask Requirement Raise 'Regarded As' Claim under ADA?

Portland, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) – Long COVID has been in the news for a good chunk of the pandemic, but how long does COVID last for purposes of a “regarded as” claim under the ADA? A […]
EEOC Dives Deep into Caregiver Discrimination in New Technical Assistance
EEOC Dives Deep into Caregiver Discrimination in New Technical Assistance

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – With remote and hybrid work – as well as school closures and quarantine – likely here to stay as part of the new normal emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, caregiver discrimination […]
EEOC Updates COVID Guidance to Address Caregiver, Family Responsibilities
EEOC Updates COVID Guidance to Address Caregiver, Family Responsibilities

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Although the worst of the pandemic may be in the past, some level of remote work appears to be here to stay, raising issues of how employers go about handling remote […]