What Do You Think? The Arizona Industrial Commission determines an injured employee's average monthly wage for purposes of workers’ compensation by looking at what the employee was earning at the time he was injured. But […]

Compliance Corner When it comes to average monthly wages in Arizona, what does legislative- and judge-made law say about how to figure amounts and whether an expanded base should be used? We take a look […]

Safety at Work Goodyear, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) – A construction worker died after being buried under six feet of dirt at a construction site in Arizona. He was just one of several workers killed on the […]

Do You Know the Rule? In Arizona, many employers are likely to face a workers’ compensation claim for mental injuries at some point. Workers seeking compensation for these injuries have a high standard to meet. […]

What Do You Think? To recover for a mental injury, it must be caused by work-related stress that is truly unusual for the job in question. Because firefighters respond to a lot of difficult situations, […]

Arizona—Applicability of First Responder Cancer Presumption Statute On March 26, 2025, the Supreme Court of Arizona, in Krol v. The Industrial Commission of Arizona, clarified the application of a 2021 amendment to the state's first responder […]

What Do You Think? Employers can generally avoid paying worker’s compensation benefits by showing that the worker is an independent contractor. Only it’s not always clear. One case highlights some of the signs courts look […]

Mesa, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) – A worker in the building where an Arizona Department of Child Services worker was attacked last year plans to file suit, her lawyer said. Alison Briggs, an attorney for the woman […]