CWCI: Younger Workers, Males Account for Increasing Shares of COVID-19 WC Claims

• 10/01/20
• Nancy Grover

Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The summer months has brought about a major shift in the demographics of California workers who’ve filed workers’ compensation claims. Younger ...
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Women's Group Files Amicus Brief Over AB5

• 10/01/20
• Liz Carey

San Francisco, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A women’s legal group said in an amicus brief that regulations in AB5 would harm women working for the food delivery company DoorDash. In its friend ...
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Flesh-eating Bacteria Covered by Comp

• 10/01/20
• Liz Carey

Cheyenne, WY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A Wyoming miner who contracted flesh-eating bacteria at work is entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits for the treatment of the virus he ...
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Employers Urged to 'Double Down' to Stem Rising Opioid Use Rates

• 09/30/20
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Any headway made in recent efforts to stem the opioid crisis is being challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts say the rate of overdoses has shot up nearly ...
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Knee 'Pop' While Looking for Carrots Arises from Sous-chef's Employment

• 09/30/20
• Frank Ferreri

Springfield, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Standing up from a kneeling position might not have employment characteristics in some jobs, but it did for a sous-chef searching for missing veggies in a ...
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Gallagher Bassett Does Not Expect 'Material Impact' from 'Ransomware Incident'

• 09/29/20
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com - “On September 26, 2020, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (the “Company”) detected a ransomware incident impacting a limited portion of our internal ...
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Study: One-Size-Fits-All Approach for Returning Employees to Workplaces Won't Work

• 09/29/20
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Employers seeking to bring employees back to brick-and-mortar offices may want to consider the circumstances of their employee populations before opening their ...
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Analysis Shows Over Half Of Spinal Surgeries To Receive Large Reimbursement Cuts

• 09/29/20
• F.J. Thomas

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – With the 2021 proposed reimbursement reductions announced last month by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposal to reduce the ...
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Widow Entitled To Death Benefit, But Not Lump Sum Payout, KY Supreme Court Says

• 09/29/20
• Liz Carey

Frankfort, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – When a sheriff’s deputy died after surgery related to an on-the-job injury, his widow was entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, the Kentucky ...
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