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What are the Basic Rights & Responsibilities under Louisiana Law?
What are the Basic Rights & Responsibilities under Louisiana Law?

New Orleans, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- States produce informational forms, flyers, and posters spelling out the foundational tenets of workers' compensation law and how it applies to employees and employers. As Simply Research readers know, Louisiana […]
Could La. Barge Cleaner Sue After Getting Blasted into Bayou?
Could La. Barge Cleaner Sue After Getting Blasted into Bayou?

What Do You Think? Gibson, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The exclusive remedy provision generally compels injured employees to seek relief solely through the state’s workers’ compensation act. But what if the individual who is injured was […]
What Do You Think: Was Falling into Hole on Way to Car ‘In Course of Employment?’
What Do You Think: Was Falling into Hole on Way to Car ‘In Course of Employment?’

Kenner, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employee who is done with her work day may not be done with her work day for workers’ compensation purposes. Just because she’s turned off her computer, rinsed out her […]
What Do You Think: Was Louisiana Renaissance Festival Jouster’s Fall from Horse Compensable?
What Do You Think: Was Louisiana Renaissance Festival Jouster’s Fall from Horse Compensable?

Hammond, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Louisiana exempts from workers’ compensation coverage certain types of employees, including, in some instances, “performers.” The definition of performer, however, is not clearcut.  A case involving a jousting competition at a […]
What Do You Think: Did PTSD from Bodily Fluids Render Hospital Employee Permanently Unable to Work?
What Do You Think: Did PTSD from Bodily Fluids Render Hospital Employee Permanently Unable to Work?

New Orleans, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Louisiana, an employee has the burden of showing that he can no longer work and is thus entitled to permanent total disability benefits. A case involving an employee for the […]
What Do You Think: Could Traveling Oilfield Surveyor Get Benefits for COVID-19 Infection?
What Do You Think: Could Traveling Oilfield Surveyor Get Benefits for COVID-19 Infection?

Iowa, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Louisiana, it’s uncertain whether a person who contracts COVID-19 at work has an occupational disease. Generally, to constitute an occupational disease, a condition must be peculiar to the person’s job. […]
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Contact Information
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Contact Information

Please Note: for Claims assistance or questions about coverage and exemptions You will need to call one of the numbers listed below. Also be aware that the Workers' Compensation Assistance Offices in different states may […]
Do You Know the Rule? Exceptions to ‘Coming and Going Rule’ in La.
Do You Know the Rule? Exceptions to ‘Coming and Going Rule’ in La.

New Orleans, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Louisiana, as in other states, when an employee is injured while traveling to and from work, the injury is considered not to have occurred within the course of employment. […]