Expert: Holistic Approach to Employees' Health Leads to Decreased WC Rates

• 03/10/20
• Nancy Grover

Boston, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Work can be terrible for a person’s health; or, it can improve an employee’s wellbeing. Companies that invest in better designed work environments, ...
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Coronavirus Turns American Workplace Into Walled Fortresses

• 03/09/20
• Chriss Swaney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - The ongoing spread of the coronavirus has helped turn the American workplace into a walled fortress with workers forbidden to shake hands and ordered to cough into ...
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WA: Workers' Comp To Cover Health Care Workers/First Responders With COVID-19

• 03/09/20
• Liz Carey

Seattle, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said the state is taking steps to ensure health care workers and first responders who contract the coronavirus will be covered by ...
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Arson Suspect Researched Workers' Comp Before Fabricating Assault

• 03/06/20
• Liz Carey

Las Vegas, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) – Police say a woman they think intentionally set fire to a hotel room searched for information on workers’ compensation claims on her phone. According to ...
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Crane Operator Okay After Night With A Tornado

• 03/06/20
• Liz Carey

Nashville, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – Jason Nash got a bird’s eye view of the tornado in Nashville Tuesday morning – so he filmed it. Nash, a crane operator in Nashville, was 375-feet ...
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Experts Ponder WC Beyond Opioids

• 03/06/20
• Nancy Grover

Boston, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Take some athletic tape, package it up with Ben Gay and lidocaine and voila! You’ve created ‘medicine’ and can charge thousands of ...
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New York Insurers Ordered To Pay For Corona Virus Testing

• 03/05/20
• F.J. Thomas

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) - Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this week that new regulations in the state will require insurers to pay for coronavirus (COVID-19) testing and treatment. Under ...
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Colorado Legislative Committee to Consider Latest PTSD Effort

• 03/05/20
• Nancy Grover

Denver, CO (WorkersCompensation.com) – A hearing next week will give members of a Colorado House panel the chance to explore proposed legislation concerning workers’ compensation coverage for ...
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Veteran Reporter Files Suit Over Injuries From Station-Sponsored Event

• 03/05/20
• Liz Carey

Pittsburgh, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 72-year-old reporter with Pittsburgh-based television news station KDKA has filed suit saying he was discriminated against after being injured on the ...
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