COVID Relief Bill Includes $4.25 Billion For Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services

• 12/28/20
• Liz Carey

Washington, D.C. (WorkersCompensation.com) – Recognizing the impact the Covid-19 pandemic is having on Americans’ mental health, Congress included more than $4 billion in funding for substance ...
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What Do You Think: Did Custodian's Shoulder Improve Enough to Change Earning Capacity?

• 12/28/20
• Frank Ferreri

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) – When multiple doctors think a worker’s condition has improved, does that warrant a legal change to her loss of earning capacity? It could, but as an ...
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Police Arrest Three Men For Shooting Employees, Customers At Strip Club Over Masks

• 12/23/20
• Liz Carey

Anaheim, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Officials in Orange County, California say they have arrested and charged three men who retaliated against a strip club that threw them out for not wearing ...
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Failure to Follow Notice Rule Curbs Effort to Cut Benefits

• 12/23/20
• Frank Ferreri

Portland, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) – When it comes to terminating an employee’s workers’ compensation benefits, employers should heed state notice requirements and the timelines they ...
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$23 Million Settlement Paid Out In Kick-Back Scheme Involving Foundations

• 12/23/20
• F.J. Thomas

Boston, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Anti-Kickback Statute was created to prevent patients from being taken advantage of through incentives. In the last three years, the U.S. Attorney’s ...
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Harvard Researchers Question The Security Of Telemedicine

• 12/22/20
• F.J. Thomas

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - A recent article written by researchers at Harvard, and Brigham and Women's Hospital brings up several security issues with the increased use of telemedicine and ...
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Florida, California Release Latest COVID-19 Claim Data

• 12/22/20
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The latest reports on COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims for November paint a very different picture for two states. While Florida saw the number of ...
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Advisory Group Outlines 'Essential Workers' Next In Line For Vaccine

• 12/22/20
• Liz Carey

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - First responders, ag workers and grocery store  employees will be the in the next group of American’s to get the COVID-19 vaccination, an advisory group ...
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3 Considerations for Religious Objections to Workplace Vaccinations

• 12/22/20
• Frank Ferreri

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- With COVID-19 vaccinations coming to a safety-conscious workplace near you soon, chances are, some employees will soon raise religious objections to rolling up ...
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