Most Workplaces Outside of Healthcare Won’t See High Rate of COVID-19 WC Claims, Study Suggests

• 01/20/21
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The healthcare industry has, by far, the highest proportion of accepted workers’ compensation claims for COVID-19, according to new research. In fact, out ...
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Spirit Airlines Employee Hospitalized After Attack By Customers

• 01/20/21
• Liz Carey

Romulus, MI (WorkersCompensation.com) – Two people are in jail and a Spirit Airlines employee is in the hospital following an argument outside of Gate 15 for a Spirit Airlines flight Sunday night at ...
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Understanding Crisis-Driven Outcomes May Help Companies Thrive

• 01/20/21
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Hybrid work environments, increased doxing, and employer-encouraged gaming. The latest forecast indicates 2021 will be nothing if not an unusual year. As ...
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Mental, Behavioral Health Crisis May be Coming

• 01/19/21
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – While 2021 may see the last of the COVID-19 spikes, some of the lasting effects of the pandemic may impact employers for months or years to come. Higher rates ...
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Religious Accommodations & Safety Concerns: What's an 'Undue Hardship'?

• 01/19/21
• Frank Ferreri

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Amid the flurry of activity coming from federal agencies as one administration prepares to exit and another begins its tenure, the Equal Employment ...
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Employees Attack, Kill Co-Workers In Separate Incidents

• 01/19/21
• Liz Carey

Sacramento County, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Two men are dead and another is hospitalized following altercations with their co-workers in separate incidents over the past month. According to the ...
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Attacks Against Employees Continue

• 01/19/21
• Liz Carey

Harris County, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – Tensions continue running high throughout the nation, as evidenced by the most recent attacks on employees. There were several incidents reported in the ...
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Oregon Report Shows NJ Has Most Expensive, ND Least Expensive WC Premiums

• 01/18/21
• F.J. Thomas

Salem, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) – New Jersey, New York, Vermont, California and Hawaii have the most expensive workers’ compensation rates in the nation, according to a biannual report that ...
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What Do You Think: Did School Custodian Show Link Between Accident and Injury?

• 01/18/21
• Frank Ferreri

Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) – When a doctor’s report casts doubt on whether an injured worker’s reports of pain match up with her injury, should that medical evidence sink the ...
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