Shooting at FedEx leaves 8 workers dead, others injured

• 04/19/21
• Liz Carey

Indianapolis, IN (WorkersCompensation.com) – Nine people are dead, and several others are injured, after a shooting incident at an Indianapolis FedEx Ground facility.  Authorities said a gunman ...
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Psychotropic Drugs Used for Pain Management Can Create a Nightmare for WC Payers

• 04/16/21
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Off-label drug use is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. While it can be beneficial, patients and even medical providers should have a better ...
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Drug Overdose Deaths Continue To Climb

• 04/16/21
• F.J. Thomas

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – While reporting from the National Council on Compensation Insurance may have showed a drop in opioid prescription numbers and drug use in 2020, new data from ...
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Millennials, Gen Z'ers Most in Need of Mental Health Services, Experts Say

• 04/15/21
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and it appears it couldn’t come at a better time. With incidents of depression, anxiety, and other conditions on the ...
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Latest Guidance Offers More Tips for School Worker COVID-19 Safety

• 04/14/21
• Frank Ferreri

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – The push to reopen schools continues to ramp up, with some districts announcing a full return to regular operations come school year 2021-2022. So, ...
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Employers Can Be Forced To Pay for Pot, NJ Supreme Court Rules

• 04/14/21
• Nancy Grover

Trenton, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) – “Like the compensation court and the Appellate Division, the Court concludes that medical marijuana may be found, subject to competent medical testimony, ...
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Texas Man In Custody After Workplace Shooting

• 04/14/21
• Liz Carey

Bryan, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – Authorities continue seeking a motive for a shooting in which one person was killed and another five wounded when a worker at a cabinet company entered his place ...
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When FMLA and Workers' Comp Collide, There’s a Reg for That

• 04/13/21
• Frank Ferreri

Stuart, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The most recent What Do You Think feature showed the perils that sometimes await employers when a worker’s injury implicates possible Family and Medical ...
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West Virginia Had Largest Decrease In ER Visits, Report Shows

• 04/13/21
• F.J. Thomas

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Community hospitals account for around 85 percent of all hospitals in the United States. The Kaiser Family Foundation recently released its annual Hospital ...
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