Do modified duties work to reduce workers’ compensation costs? Aside from anecdotal evidence, we haven’t had firm evidence. But a study reported late last year, based on in depth interviews with ...
Read More On January 29, 2019 the Florida Supreme Court issued a decision in In re Judge Maria Ortiz, Case No.: SC18-674. This case involved gifts or gratuities to a Florida county court judge. There were also ...
Read More Last fall WorkersCompensation.com reported on the release of a National Safety Council report on fatigue in the workplace. The bottom line is that we are tired. Not a few of us, but almost 70% of ...
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Yesterday, CMS released Part II of a set of proposals that CMS indicates “will take significant steps in continuing the agency’s efforts to maximize competition among Medicare Advantage Plans ...
Read More Lawyers (and unrepresented parties) in litigation are tasked with finding out the nature of actual disputes. They accomplish this in the process that the legal profession has named "discovery." Each legal ...
Read More I was following a news story in the summer of 2018 regarding a young Iowa student named Mollie Tibbetts. It was a mesmerizing news story. She was staying at a home in Brooklyn Iowa in July, according ...
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In August 2018, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) reported that Emails while commuting 'should count as work. The topic is not new, and has garnered coverage in American publications also. More on ...
Read More Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) is the exclusive state fund of Ohio. It is therefore the sole insurer of insured employers, which probably account for ...
Read More California's First District Court of Appeal recently rendered Canovas et. al. v. State Personnel Board. In it, three employees of the California workers' compensation system sought judicial relief after ...
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