Compliance Corner When it comes to accepting or denying claims in Wyoming, state law sets out the rules and procedures for how an acceptance or denial happens and what notice must go along with it. […]

Compliance Corner Recognizing that limited education and advancing age impact anemployee’s post-injury earning capacity, an education and age factor,when applicable, shall be added to the income benefit multiplier. As Simply Research subscribers know, the multipliers […]

Case File Because an ALJ didn’t give enough to indicate how a worker could continue doing her clerical job and be unable to work at the same time, the Kentucky Supreme Court thought it best […]

What Do You Think? A child who is a dependent may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits when a parent dies at work. A case involving a deceased Rite Aid worker with a 29-year-old son […]

What Do You Think? One way employees can get around the exclusive remedy provision and sue an employer in tort for money damages is by showing the employer purposely injured them. But is it enough […]

Compliance Corner When a worker gets hurt on the job, what do Maryland employers have to report and when do they have to report it? Simply Research users have access to that info, which varies […]

Federal Focus ECAB remanded a claim involving an alleged adverse reaction to a COVID‑19 vaccination after finding evidence that the agency may have sponsored or required vaccination. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Florida, workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive legal remedy for work-related injuries. Florida Statute § 440.11. This means that the injured employee cannot sue the employer for negligence (which might […]