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Summary: Summer storm season is upon us, and small business owners need to take steps that ensure the safety of their commercial property. This article discusses the summer emergency preparedness measures businesses should take during the […]

One of the remedies available to injured workers who have been discharged in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim is a common law action. The failure to adequately plead a retaliation action in the […]

If you are a work comp payer, you don’t have to pay those ridiculous facility fees when care is delivered outside the hospital – at least not in Pennsylvania. That’s the decision rendered by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers’ Compensation […]

The DailyDot recently reported regarding a Tik Tok video about the lunch hour. It illustrated for me the way that our world is changing and reminded that people can have very different perspectives on things. The worker who […]

As REO Speedwagon sang back in the late 1970s, sometimes you’ve got to roll with the changes. We within Mediation and Ombudsman Services of Tennessee think those are wise words. You might have already noticed […]

Likely due to the pandemic, I have come across quite a few situations lately where an injured employee was working for multiple employers at the time of the industrial accident.  Workers Comp dual employment situations […]

Have you ever thought about whether you could live on your state’s temporary total disability (TTD) benefits if you had a workers’ compensation injury?  It’s a scary thought.    The benefits in most states have formulas […]

Late last year, after my second knee replacement surgery, I wrote about my early experiences with the Plethy Recupe© system. Plethy Recupe provides “easy to follow personalized at-home care programs for all musculoskeletal conditions with recovery metrics.” Recupe […]