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Driver Doesn't Face Tort Liability for Running Over Coworker with Concrete Truck
Driver Doesn't Face Tort Liability for Running Over Coworker with Concrete Truck

Cheyenne, WY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When someone gets run over by a large truck, it’s natural to wonder, “Why did the driver not see him?”  In Lovato v. Case, 2022 WY 151 (Dec. 1, 2022), Wyoming’s top […]
Do You Know the Rule? Nevada Stress-related Injury
Do You Know the Rule? Nevada Stress-related Injury

Reno, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Nevada, an employee can collect worker’s compensation benefits for a stress-related injury or disease. But there is a caveat; benefits are not available for a claim for stress that has […]
Attacks on Flight Crew Down by More than Half, Figures Show
Attacks on Flight Crew Down by More than Half, Figures Show

Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Although attacks on flight attendants and other flight crew members are down this year, attacks are still happening and still uncalled for, officials said.  According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), […]
Case Management Focus: Tips for Staying Connected as Technology Changes How We Communicate
Case Management Focus: Tips for Staying Connected as Technology Changes How We Communicate

Miami, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Communication is the key to successful case management. Technology is changing the way we connect with members of the healthcare team, the injured worker, the adjustor, and other stakeholders involved in […]
Amazon Workers Strike over Working Conditions on Black Friday
Amazon Workers Strike over Working Conditions on Black Friday

Seattle, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Amazon workers in 40 countries chose the busiest shopping day of the year, Black Friday, to protest working conditions and demand higher wages from the retail giant. Organized under "Make Amazon […]
Auto Worker's 'Flare-ups’ Statement Gives Notice of FMLA Leave
Auto Worker's 'Flare-ups’ Statement Gives Notice of FMLA Leave

Trenton, MI (WorkersCompensation.com) – A worker who takes intermittent leave doesn’t have to go to great pains to inform his employer each time he needs to utilize leave, as long as provided formal notice when […]
Alaska Bulletin Spells Out New COLA Calculations
Alaska Bulletin Spells Out New COLA Calculations

Juneau, AK (WokrersCompensation.com) -- One of the issues that is taken into account when it comes to accounting for workers' compensation benefits are cost of living adjustments, popularly known as COLAs. A subissue that comes […]
Workers File Complaint against Tesla's Austin Gigafactory
Workers File Complaint against Tesla's Austin Gigafactory

Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Workers at the Austin Tesla gigafactory filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor recently, alleging safety and wage violations at the electric car manufacturer's 2,500-acre facility. In a letter […]

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