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What is Delaware’s Workplace Safety Program?
What is Delaware’s Workplace Safety Program?

Compliance Corner The State of Delaware has developed a workplace safety program that rewards employers who comply with a reduction in insurance premiums. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full set of rules surrounding […]
Could Oil Worker Caught in Explosion Drill Employer for Money Damages?
Could Oil Worker Caught in Explosion Drill Employer for Money Damages?

What Do You Think? An employer may face significant liability if a worker can show the employer intentionally injured him. That’s because intentional injuries are generally not considered workplace accidents whose sole remedy is workers’ […]
Coverage Under the Policy in Delaware
Coverage Under the Policy in Delaware

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What’s an ‘Employee’ in Delaware?
What’s an ‘Employee’ in Delaware?

Glossary Check A key to workers' compensation coverage is knowing who an "employee" is for applicable workers' compensation law. To find that information across the U.S., you can turn to Simply Research. Here's an example […]
What are the Exceptions to the ‘Coming and Going Rule’ in Delaware?
What are the Exceptions to the ‘Coming and Going Rule’ in Delaware?

Do You Know the Rule? Under the “coming and going rule,” workers in Delaware and other states generally are not entitled to workers’ compensation for injuries that happen on their way to work or on […]
Was Farm Company’s Truck Driver a ‘Farm Laborer’ Exempt from Delaware’s WCA?
Was Farm Company’s Truck Driver a ‘Farm Laborer’ Exempt from Delaware’s WCA?

What Do You Think? Townsend, DE (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Delaware, employers generally are not required to provide workers’ compensation benefits to “farm laborers.” But what is a farm laborer? The picture that may come to […]
Delaware State Workers’ Compensation Contact Information
Delaware State Workers’ Compensation Contact Information

State Offices Department of Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro Phone: 302-674-7305Fax:Email: Disability Determination Services - New Castle Phone: 302-324-7600Fax:Email: Division of Employment & Training - Dover Phone: 302-739-5473Fax:Email: Division of Employment & Training - Georgetown Phone: […]
Perdue Worker Doesn’t Establish that COVID-19 was ‘Natural to’ Work Environment
Perdue Worker Doesn’t Establish that COVID-19 was ‘Natural to’ Work Environment

Dover, DE (WorkersCompensation.com) -- People whose jobs required them to be onsite during the worst of the COVID-19 surely faced a greater risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 than their work-from-home counterparts, but does that mean that […]