Attacks on Food, Retail Workers Continue

• 10/27/21
• Liz Carey

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Continued attacks on food service and retail workers this past week, have left one dead and several others injured.  In New York, a deli worker was ...
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Companies Find Creative Approaches to Engage Employees

• 10/27/21
• Nancy Grover

Las Vegas, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) – Executive coffee talks, virtual water cooler meetings, focus groups, weekly health and safety updates, pay protection programs and special apps are among the ...
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'Collaborative Care' Key to Reducing Unnecessary Meds for Injured Workers, Experts Say

• 10/26/21
• Nancy Grover

Las Vegas, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) – Imagine you’re on a flight and the pilot says, "I was taught how to fly a plane but not how to land one.” That analogy can explain a lot about ...
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EEOC Addresses Religious Vaccination Exceptions, Focusing on Info, Case-by-Case Determinations

• 10/26/21
• Frank Ferreri

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – With people lining up for COVID-19 vaccine boosters and employers and employees faced with looming deadlines to comply with vaccination mandates, the Equal ...
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Two Large Payers Impacted by Ransomware Attack at Vendor

• 10/26/21
• FJ Thomas

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to a recent report from DataBreaches, at least two large payers, Humana and Anthem, have been impacted by a ransomware attack earlier this year via ...
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Fired Employee Returns to Grain Company, Kills Two

• 10/25/21
• Liz Carey

Superior, NE (WorkersCompensation.com) – Just hours after being fired from his job at a grain services company, a Nebraska man returned to his former place of employment and opened fire.  The ...
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What Do You Think: Could SHO Reject 'Form' of $2,000 Settlement as Unfair?

• 10/25/21
• Frank Ferreri

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – Does the word “form” in reference to a settlement agreement refer to the settlement itself or the structure of the agreement that gives the ...
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Statute of Limitations Blocks Officer from Suing after Getting 'Tased' by Coworker

• 10/22/21
• Frank Ferreri

Larchmont, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- There are times when an exclusive remedy provision under state workers' compensation law won't prevent a worker from suing to recover damages from an at-work ...
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Employee Burnout is on the Rise

• 10/22/21
• Chriss Swaney

Pittsburgh, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A combination of COVID and social distancing has made burnout a key to why many workers are looking for new jobs, according to new research by the Hartford, a ...
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