Safety at Work Saint Paul, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) - The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) has joined a coalition of business organizations to challenge Minnesota’s independent contractor rules. NFIB represents more than 300,000 to 350,000 […]

Glossary Check How sharp is your terminology when it comes to telehealth in Minnesota? Not to worry because thanks to Simply Research, we have you covered. Distant Site "Distant site" means a site at which […]

What Do You Think? For an injury to be compensable, the employee must be engaging in activities reasonably incidental to employment. What exactly relates to employment can get foggy, however, especially in the school context, […]

25 for 25 in '25 A few years back, the Minnesota Supreme Court took up the question of whether employers had to reimburse for medical marijuana and found that federal law preempting state law and […]

Compliance Corner When states decriminalize cannabis, there's often confusion on what people can and can't do with the drug. That confusion has the potential to impact workers' compensation claims, as there could be a misconception […]

Compliance Corner Do you know the North Star State's rules for on-the-job training when it comes to workers' compensation and injured employees? If you have Simply Research you do, but we break it down here. […]

What Do You Think? An employer can end up owing a sizable penalty to an employee if it denies his workers’ compensation claim and that denial is “frivolous.” As one case shows, there are special […]

Safety at Work Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) – Police said a restaurant employee used his jiu jitsu skills to defend himself after an employee bit him. Police said they are searching for a man who attacked […]