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St. Paul, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A bedrock principle in workers' compensation law is that benefits are may be due when an "employee" is injured on the job. So just who exactly is an employee? Here's […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Orthopedic department at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is in quite the uproar, according to recent reports from Becker’s Spine Review.  In February of last year, VUMC appointed Rick W. […]

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Despite an intelligence community assessment that so called “Havana Syndrome” is due to a foreign adversary, new media investigations link the health issues affecting U.S. diplomats to Russian assassination groups. In […]

Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) -- An insurance company writing workers' compensation insurance in Texas must maintain or provide accident prevention facilities that are adequate to provide accident prevention services required by the nature of its policyholders' […]

Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Pennsylvania, an injury must arise in the course of employment to be compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act. That can include a situation where the employee, though not strictly engaged […]

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – As departments of transportation across the country celebrate National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW), the Ohio Department of Transportation noted that injuries to transportation crew members in that state are on […]

Columbia, SC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Can an ergonomics report determine whether an employee suffered a repetitive stress injury without any evidence from a doctor to weigh in on the individual nuances of a claim? According to […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- We don't often consider Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) in workers' compensation, but as we learn more about their impact, we know that recovery and return to work are impacted when […]