Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Fredericksburg, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Virginia law covers two scenarios in which attorney's fees are accounted for in a workers' compensation case: 1) where the parties agree to a fee; and 2) where they don't. The […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As a worker's compensation nurse case manager, I worked with many people who sustained a work injury that, even after physician therapy, found it difficult to determine if they could return […]

Employees must provide prompt notice of an injury if they are seeking workers’ compensation. However, if the injury develops over a long period of time, the employee might not know about it, might not know […]

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Iowa, to get experts' reports into evidence, a workers' compensation claimant must certify those experts as experts within statutorily defined timeframes. Because a worker did not do so in […]

New Hope, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) Employees can wear many hats. But does a company hat make a worker an “employee?” Along with a few factors that are especially relevant to distinguishing which truckers are employees, and […]

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – On Jan. 8, the U.S. Department of Labor finalized its new rule on independent contractor classification, rolling back the previous changes made by the Trump administration. The final rule, published to […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) greatly effect long term quality of life. Some studies have suggested that TBI injuries are associated with a higher mortality rate for up to 5 years after […]

Pittsburgh, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A gaggle of union labor leaders, politicians, and political economists are voicing strong opposition to the proposed sale of U.S. Steel, the company founded in 1901 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., […]