What Do You Think? Injured workers generally cannot sue their employers for negligence or other torts. The exclusivity rule makes the workers’ compensation act their sole avenue for relief. But what happens when a temporary […]

Coverage Requirements All employers must carry workers' compensation insurance for employees, including part-time and seasonal workers. Sole proprietors, partners, and LLC members may opt out. Corporate officers with ≥25% ownership may file Form 153 to […]

Case File Because the Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund takes over an insolvent insurer's rights and responsibilities under the commonwealth's workers' compensation law, it has a right to collect cost-of-living adjustment reimbursements as the insurer would […]

Case File An insurer in "run-off" sought to collect second-injury trust fund reimbursements for payments it made to an injured worker, but the trust fund contended that the insurer was a nonparticipant and so could […]

Glossary Check If you're getting up to speed on workers' compensation in the Bay State, and you're wondering what terms like "temporary total" and "temporary partial" mean, a good place to turn is Simply Research. […]

Glossary Check For those who need to work in technical language and get it right, knowing definitions of terms and how they're defined or described under states' workers' compensation laws could come in handy. Simply […]

What Do You Think? Waltham, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- FMLA retaliation lawsuits often come down to whether the employee can poke holes in an employer’s stated valid reason for firing (or taking other negative action) against […]

Case File A Massachusetts worker had punched out and was heading to his car to leave for the day when a coworker plowed into him in an employer-owned vehicle. The exclusive remedy provisions of Massachusetts […]