Compliance Corner A central question that comes up throughout the life of a workers' compensation claim is often "How are they getting paid?" Thanks to Simply Research, we highlight what holds true in Arizona. Acceptance […]

What Do You Think? An employer may be able to deny a workers’ compensation claim by showing that the employee never reported the injury. But what does reporting an injury entail? An Arizona case involving […]

Compliance Corner Let's say you're a carrier in Arizona. Would you know where to find the rules for reporting? A good place to start would be with one of Simply Research's compliance summaries, but we […]

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, […]