Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Case Management Focus When a worker is injured on the job, the ripple effects extend far beyond the individual — families become an essential part of the recovery journey. In this post, I aim to […]

Safety at Work New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A New York City cop, a building guard, a corporate executive, and an employee of the building’s owner were the victims of a lone gunman in a […]

What Do You Think? Employees generally can’t sue employers for monetary damages in court. Workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy, in most cases, and tends to zap those cases right out of court. But consider […]

Safety at Work Brooklyn, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Two suspects are in custody after a Metropolitan Transit Authority worker tried to stop them from evading their fares. The second suspect was arrested last week, while the […]

Case File A combination of an IME and video surveillance conspired against a worker's efforts to challenge discontinuation of her workers' compensation benefits. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the decision. […]

Quick Hits In Ohio, as Simply Research subscribers know, each employer paying premiums into the state insurance fund or electing directly to pay compensation to the employer's injured employees or the dependents of the employer's […]

What Do You Think? Employers can engage in FMLA interference by taking adverse action, or threatening to do so, in response to an employee’s use of FMLA leave.  That was a laboratory technician’s claim in […]

Webinar Beat With advancements in medical treatments and changes in how workers' compensation is handled across the country, it's tempting to say that the future is now, but the reality remains that the future is […]