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Case Management Focus: What Happened to Communication Etiquette — Phone Calls, Emails, Text Messages?
Case Management Focus: What Happened to Communication Etiquette — Phone Calls, Emails, Text Messages?

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- One of my pet peeves is calling/emailing or texting someone professionally and not getting a response back. I never understand why the person did not send a short note, that they […]
Tenn. Exclusive Remedy Bars Sales Rep’s Tort Claim
Tenn. Exclusive Remedy Bars Sales Rep’s Tort Claim

Gallatin, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It's a bedrock principle of the "exclusive remedy" rule that the "Grand Bargain" provides that an employee injured on the job must seek benefits through the workers' compensation system rather than […]
Improving Workers’ Compensation Through Critical Thinking: A Followership Perspective
Improving Workers’ Compensation Through Critical Thinking: A Followership Perspective

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Workers' compensation systems are crucial for ensuring the well-being of employees who suffer injuries while on the job. These systems provide financial assistance and medical benefits to injured workers. Still, people […]
What Do You Think: Was Head-on Collision after Leaving Fire Camp in Course of Employment?
What Do You Think: Was Head-on Collision after Leaving Fire Camp in Course of Employment?

Brownsville, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Whether a commercial traveler carrying out a personal errand is on the clock for workers’ compensation purposes depends on the circumstances. One case highlights a variety of ingredients that informed a […]
Stress, Mental Health Issues Continue to Contribute to Employee Absenteeism
Stress, Mental Health Issues Continue to Contribute to Employee Absenteeism

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Absenteeism in the workplace has increased in the past five years – and one in 10 employees are absent on days they’re scheduled to come to work. While planned PTO is […]
Pioneering Change in Workers’ Compensation: Challengers of the Status Quo
Pioneering Change in Workers’ Compensation: Challengers of the Status Quo

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Change agents are individuals with a vision who take the initiative and lead transformative actions in various social sectors. In workers' compensation, these leaders are critical in challenging the current status […]
What Do You Think: Was Walmart Worker’s Injury Description too Fishy to Hook Benefits?
What Do You Think: Was Walmart Worker’s Injury Description too Fishy to Hook Benefits?

Moundsville, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employee may not obtain workers’ compensation benefits for an injury unless he can show it occurred in the course of employment. A case involving a Walmart worker addresses a situation […]
N.Y. Subway Worker Pepper-sprayed in Ongoing Attacks on Transit Workers
N.Y. Subway Worker Pepper-sprayed in Ongoing Attacks on Transit Workers

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) - On April 22, a worker cleaning a Metropolitan Transit Authority subway was attacked with pepper spray, officials said this week. The worker was cleaning a train at its northern terminal […]

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