Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Seattle, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Online retailer Amazon will offer its workers in downtown Seattle alternative office locations instead of returning them to an office at 3rd Avenue and Pine Street.    The office, formerly a Macy’s […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that Greenville Ready Mix Concrete Products Inc. of Smithfield, Rhode Island could face up to $43K in penalties. The penalties resulted after […]

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Although the worst of the pandemic may be in the past, some level of remote work appears to be here to stay, raising issues of how employers go about handling remote […]

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Two Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) employees were among a number of workers stabbed by customers across the country this past week.  According to the New York Police Department, the […]

Dover, DE (WorkersCompensation.com) – After getting roughed up by a passenger on the job, a bus driver’s fight was just beginning. As the Delaware Supreme Court recently explained, a fight over doctors, medical evidence, and […]

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Despite continued attacks on flight attendants and airline crew members, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has decided to extend its mask mandate for another 30 days. Since the beginning of 2021, […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Doctors prescribing the wrong medications; construction workers tripping over obvious obstructions; and police officers engaging in risky behaviors. Those are among the hazards common to shift workers, due to decreased cognitive […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Osteoarthritis is one of the top five reasons for short-term disability. In fact, one study showed that osteoarthritis and associated pains can costs businesses up to four times more in sick […]