Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Tacoma, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- State laws across the country have special provisions for special situations, often involving additional certification . For example, in the State of Washington, special rules apply when an employer is a “joint […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – While there has been some recent legislative efforts to prevent Medicare pay cuts to physicians, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final […]

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In New York, as in other states, there is a special category of permanent partial disability that counts as a scheduled loss. In the Empire State, a scheduled loss involves […]

Lexington, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) - A University of Kentucky senior is out of a job after video surfaced of her assaulting a university student worker and calling her racial slurs.  University police arrested 22-year-old Sophia Rosing […]

Ft. Wayne, IN (WorkersCompensation.com)—A supervisor’s negative comments about a worker exercising her FMLA rights is one the easiest ways for a company to trigger or perpetuate an FMLA retaliation lawsuit. While it was unclear at […]

Nurse Advocate  As workers comp case managers, we all have that one case that allows us to believe in what we do. I had such a case a few years ago. I was assigned a […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Last week the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their updated opioid prescribing guidelines for acute and chronic pain not related to cancer and end of life care, […]

Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) - OSHA issued another $2.7 million in proposed penalties for Dollar General after a series of inspections found that conditions at seven stores posed hazards for workers.  The U.S. Department of Labor […]