Pond Lehocky To Lay Off Quarter Of Its Employees

• 05/21/20
• Liz Carey

Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Pond Lehocky Giordano, a Philadelphia-based workers’ compensation law firm, announced Tuesday that it will be laying off about 25 percent of its ...
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CA: Rating Bureau Estimates COVID-19 Executive Order Will Cost $600,000 - $1.8B

• 05/20/20
• Nancy Grover

Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – California could pay up to $1.8 billion to fund workers’ compensation benefits for employees included in the governor’s COVID-19 presumption ...
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Texas Family Sues Tyson For WC After Mother Dies Of COVID-19

• 05/20/20
• Liz Carey

Amarillo, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – A Texas family has filed a lawsuit against the Tyson Plant in Amarillo after a mother of four passed away from COVID-19. The family alleges she caught the ...
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NJ Transit Auto Accident Shows Conflict In Cutting Insurance Costs, Allowing Subrogation

• 05/20/20
• Frank Ferreri

Trenton, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When the New Jersey legislature set out to reduce the cost of automobile insurance in the Garden State, how much thought did it have for the subrogation provisions ...
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AFL-CIO Takes OSHA to Court over Worker Protections from COVID-19

• 05/19/20
• Nancy Grover

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – The AFL-CIO is demanding that OSHA be required to issue an emergency temporary standard to help protect workers from COVID-19. In a petition filed yesterday, ...
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Is Case Management Worth the Money?

• 05/19/20
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation) – Nurse case managers who build rapport with injured workers and employers early in a claim can be extremely effective in getting the injured worker recovered and ...
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Kroger Reverses Course, Offers Staffers 'Thank You' Pay

• 05/19/20
• Liz Carey

Cincinnati, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – Just four days after news spread that Cincinnati-based grocery store chain Kroger would be suspending its “Hero Pay,” the store shifted gear and ...
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DMEC Survey Shows How Employers are Adapting To Life During COVID-19

• 05/19/20
• F.J. Thomas

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The past couple of months have been a learning curve for many employers. As organizations continue to adapt to changes necessitated by COVID-19, a new survey ...
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Oklahoma WC Commission Updates Phased-in Process for Return to Services

• 05/18/20
• Nancy Grover

Oklahoma City, OK (WorkersCompensation.com) – In-person trials for Oklahoma’s injured workers are expected to resume on June 1. In an alert the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission ...
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