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Workers’ Comp 101: COVID-19 Compensability Cases, Pneumonia Precedent, Scottish Reasoning
Workers’ Comp 101: COVID-19 Compensability Cases, Pneumonia Precedent, Scottish Reasoning

Birmingham, AL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In today's What Do You Think feature, the question at hand focused on whether an Alabama CNA could make a case that she contracted COVID-19 from her job, thereby making it […]
What Do You Think: Can CNA Tie COVID-19 Infection to Nursing Home Work During Pandemic’s Peak? 
What Do You Think: Can CNA Tie COVID-19 Infection to Nursing Home Work During Pandemic’s Peak? 

Opp, AL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It can be challenging for a workers’ compensation claimant to tie her COVID-19 infection to their job, even when she works in a particularly risky setting.  A lawsuit involving a nursing […]
The Maze of Psychosocial Stress in Workplace Injury Recovery
The Maze of Psychosocial Stress in Workplace Injury Recovery

Hartford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- During the 20th Annual Workers Compensation Insurance ExecuSummit, Arnold Holzman, Ph. D., ABPP, presented the impact of psychosocial stresses on recovery from workplace injuries. His session, "Impacting Psychosocial Stresses so Psychosocial […]
Reports Raise Worker Safety Concerns at ADM
Reports Raise Worker Safety Concerns at ADM

Decatur, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Reports from advocacy groups have raised concerns about worker safety at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) after a series of accidents. According to CU-Citizens Access, not only have OSHA investigations shined a […]
Form Focus: N.Y. Carrier’s Request for Reconsideration of Reduction
Form Focus: N.Y. Carrier’s Request for Reconsideration of Reduction

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When an insurer seeks a reconsideration in New York, there's a form for that. It's the C-251.6. Here's how it works. Do you know about Simply Forms? With Simply Forms, we've […]
Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Contact Information
Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Contact Information

Please Note: for Claims assistance or questions about coverage and exemptions You will need to call one of the numbers listed below. Also be aware that the Workers' Compensation Assistance Offices in different states may […]
Twice-fired Parks and Rec Worker’s FMLA Interference Claim Runs out of Gas
Twice-fired Parks and Rec Worker’s FMLA Interference Claim Runs out of Gas

St. Petersburg, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer’s good faith efforts to respond to an FMLA request can go a long way toward defeating an FMLA interference claim. A case involving a parks and recreation worker […]
3 Dead after Boise Building Collapses
3 Dead after Boise Building Collapses

Boise, ID (WorkersCompensation.com) – Three people working on a hangar at the Boise Airport are dead, and another nine were wounded, five critically, following the building’s collapse, officials said last week. Aaron Hummel, chief of […]

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