Texas employers are largely immune to workers’ compensation retaliation lawsuits. But the rule does not protect cities from lawsuits by first responders. A case involving a police cadet injured during a physical agility test asks […]

Case File When a New Jersey worker violated a workplace violence policy and turned his nose up at an IME request, was he able to sue under a common law theory? Simply Research subscribers have […]

Compliance Corner When it comes to contractors and subcontractors, it can be tricky to know when workers' compensation coverage applies and when it doesn't. When it comes to the State of Missouri, we have you […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Oregon, the sole remedy for an employee who suffers injury, death, or an occupational disease in the course and scope of employment is workers’ compensation. ORS 656.018. This means that […]

Glossary Check Knowing who is and isn't an employer is foundational to knowing who is and isn't responsible for workers' compensation coverage, so that's why Simply Research covers the definition of "employer" across U.S. jurisdictions. […]

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 […]

Shantalia Osborne  As conversations about mental health become more open and widespread, workers’ compensation systems are grappling with claims that do not fit neatly into traditional, physically oriented models of injury. Nowhere is this tension more visible […]

What Do You Think? The exclusivity rule protects employers from injured workers’ negligence lawsuits and from potentially large money judgments. But what if an employer assigns an employee to temporarily work for another company? Can […]