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Police Report Workers Stabbed on Job in Separate Incidents
Police Report Workers Stabbed on Job in Separate Incidents

Safety at Work New York City, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Police in New York City said two people punched and slashed a Brooklyn worker earlier this week, one of several unhinged attacks on employees just doing […]
United Airlines Flight Attendant Sues after Airline Fires her Following Serious Injury
United Airlines Flight Attendant Sues after Airline Fires her Following Serious Injury

Safety at Work Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A former United Airlines flight attendant is suing the airline for discrimination and retaliation after she was injured on the job. Yihsing Tien started working for Chicago-based United […]
Was Parking Garage Owner Immune to Hospital Tech’s Negligence Case?
Was Parking Garage Owner Immune to Hospital Tech’s Negligence Case?

What Do You Think? New York's exclusive remedy rule protects employers from most tort lawsuits. But what happens when the worker sues an entity that has a different name but is intimately connected to the […]
Are Your Case Management Teams Truly Working Together—Or Just Working in Parallel?
Are Your Case Management Teams Truly Working Together—Or Just Working in Parallel?

The Case Manager One of the most persistent—and costly—challenges in healthcare, particularly within workers’ compensation, is fragmentation. We often operate in silos: the treating physician focuses on diagnosis and treatment, specialists weigh in on their […]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Reporters Find No Job Security With New Non-Profit Owners  
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Reporters Find No Job Security With New Non-Profit Owners  

Labor Landscape More than 40 percent of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s workers are losing their jobs, and 80 percent of employees who had gone on strike did not receive a job offer from the non-profit that […]
Despite Helpful Effects, Evidence didn’t Support Worker’s Need for Codeine Prescription
Despite Helpful Effects, Evidence didn’t Support Worker’s Need for Codeine Prescription

Federal Focus Because a federal worker failed to submit rationalized medical evidence establishing a causal link between her accepted injury and her requested prescription medication, ECAB found that OWCP properly denied authorization. Case B.V. and […]
Walmart Worker’s Settlement Bars her Claim against Iowa Second Injury Fund
Walmart Worker’s Settlement Bars her Claim against Iowa Second Injury Fund

Case File A pharmacy technician's settlement with Walmart, Inc. involved the same subject matter as her claim against the Second Injury Fund and “constitute[d] a final bar to any further rights arising under” the Iowa […]
What are Pennsylvania’s Rules on Horseplay, Drugs, and the Like?
What are Pennsylvania’s Rules on Horseplay, Drugs, and the Like?

Bits & Pieces What happens in Pennsylvania if a worker's goofing off is the reason he got hurt on the job? Is the injury still compensable? As Simply Research subscribers know, the Keystone State has […]

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