Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – For five years, workers have been waiting for California officials to address heat protection for indoor workers during extreme heat, and now officials seem poised to act. The California Division of […]

Omaha, NE (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Nebraska, an ordinary disease of life that everyone is exposed to, such as the flu, is generally not a compensable occupational disease. But what if the disease goes from being […]