Compliance Corner Did you know that the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court is not bound by the usual common law or statutory rules of evidence? Accordingly, as Simply Research subscribers know, with respect to medical evidence […]

Compliance Corner It's not news that generic medications typically cost less than their brand name counterparts, but what happens if an injured worker says they have to have the brand and won't do generic? Simply […]

Safety at Work U.S. Steel faces 10 violations and $118,000 in fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) related to last year’s deadly explosion at the Clairton Coke Works.   The Pittsburgh-based company was cited nine […]

Community Question From time to time, we like to take a question we get from our extended workers' compensation family and turn it over to the human-powered Simply Research Compliance Team as well as our […]

Case File A worker's death was due to safety lapses on the jobsite, but because his coworkers didn't actually know of the peril. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the decision. […]

Case File An Oklahoma statute directed that employees "shall" be granted "one change of treating physician," but did that mean subsequent changes were against the rules? Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE Workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive remedy for injuries that arise out of employment and occur in the course of employment. Ind. Code § 22-3-2-6. This means that the employee cannot […]

Compliance Corner Working with wage loss benefits in Michigan requires following rules, which appear on Simply Research and are highlighted here. How Michigan Determines Wage Loss Benefits In Michigan, disability and wage loss are established, […]