Keeping Teens Safe on the Job

• 07/25/17
• Greg LaRochelle

Many states have laws allowing teens as young as 14 years old to work in the hospitality industry in seasonal workplaces like movie theaters, amusement parks, bowling ...
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Stonetrust's New CEO Mike Dileo Talks Expansion, Louisiana Market Conditions

• 07/25/17
• Nina Luckman

A new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is in at Baton Rouge-based Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Company. Michael Dileo, most recently Senior Vice President of ...
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Why “Abuse Deterrent” Is A Misnomer

• 07/25/17
• ReduceYourWorkersComp.com

  According to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), opioid formulations with abuse-deterrent properties are meant to target expected routes of abuse, such as ...
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The 2017 Medicare Trustees Report: Hospital Trust Fund Remains in Short and Long Term Trouble, Supplemental Trust Fund is Adequately Financed

• 07/24/17
• Rafael Gonzalez

On July 13, 2017, the Boards of Trustees for the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds published its 2017 Annual Report. ...
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Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses Continue to Decline

• 07/24/17
• Jon Gelman

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)  has reported that there were approximately 2.9 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses reported by ...
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Workers’ Comp Fundamental Truth – It Doesn’t Have to Be So Hard

• 07/24/17
• ReduceYourWorkersComp.com

There are some things in life that you discover for the first time that you realize you’ve known all along. Hello, my name is Michael Stack. I’m the principal of Amaxx ...
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Governor Cooper Signs HB 26 Into Law

• 07/24/17
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

On July 20, 2017, Governor Roy Cooper signed House Bill 26 into law.  In response to Wilkes v. City of Greenville, HB 26 amends G.S. § 97-82(b) ...
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Successful Alabama Appeal only Postponing the Inevitable

• 07/22/17
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

  On July 21, 2017, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals released its opinion in Felisha Bailey v. Jacksonville Health and Rehabilitation Center.  In Bailey, the ...
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In Alabama, Requirement to Liberally Construe Workers’ Compensation Act does not apply to Assignment of Weight to Evidence

• 07/22/17
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

  On July 21, 2017, The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals released its opinion in Laura Wyatt v. Baptist Health System, Inc.  In Wyatt, the employee was a ...
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