Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Glossary Check Getting involved in vocational rehabilitation work is sometimes an integral part of workers’ compensation — and workers’ recovery — efforts. But as with so much in the industry, it comes with its own […]

Climate & Comp Dallas, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – Two years after USPS letter carrier Eugene Gates, Jr. died of heat-related illness, another Dallas postal worker has died. Labor advocates and others are asking Congress to push […]

Case File When a retired firefighter realized that her health insurance benefits had run out due to her disability, she sued under the ADA but ran into a roadblock on the issue of whether she […]

Safety at Work Queens, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A man has been charged with attempted murder after attacking an airport worker at the Howard Beach-JFK Subway station, officials said. Courtney Jacobs, 38, of Liberty Avenue, was indicted last week […]

Case File When it comes to latent disease cases, the Washington Supreme Court did away with a decade-old precedent case to hold that an employer's virtual certainty that disease will occur satisfies the "actual knowledge" […]

Safety at Work Jackson, MI (WorkersCompensation.com) - A 46-year-old student support specialist died after being struck by a metal filing cabinet that fell, one of several workers killed at work recently Officials with the Michigan […]

Case File A worker lost his life due to an accident while working on the New Jersey turnpike, but the court didn't find enough to show that the employer committed "willful" violations for purposes of […]

Courts & Compliance Like quite a few states across the country, New Jersey's Workers' Compensation Act contains an exclusive remedy provision under which employees relinquish their right to pursue common-law remedies -- in other words, […]