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FTA Orders MTA to Address Worker Safety after 1 Death, 38 Near-misses
FTA Orders MTA to Address Worker Safety after 1 Death, 38 Near-misses

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a special directive to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City to address “an escalating pattern of safety incidents” regarding workers.   The […]
MTA Workers Injured on the Job
MTA Workers Injured on the Job

Brooklyn, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Metropolitan Transit Authority workers continue to be injured on the job, and some are finding new ways to cope, officials said. Only July 25, MTA officials said an MTA bus driver […]
Could Staffing Agency Employee Sue Food Processing Company Where She Slipped?
Could Staffing Agency Employee Sue Food Processing Company Where She Slipped?

What Do You Think? Goshen, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Staffing agencies send employees out to work at a host of other company’s facilities. Do those employees become employees of the other companies for purposes of workers’ […]
Deli Worker Beaten Inside Woodside Bodega as Attacks on Employees Continue
Deli Worker Beaten Inside Woodside Bodega as Attacks on Employees Continue

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 62-year-old worker is recovering after being beaten inside a corner deli in Woodside, one of several attacks on workers over the past few weeks. Police said that on the […]
The Ins & Outs of the N.Y. Fee Schedule
The Ins & Outs of the N.Y. Fee Schedule

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- How much do you know about what the fee schedule in New York involves? Let's have a look. Purchases The maximum permissible charge for the purchase of durable medical equipment, […]
Compliance Corner: N.Y. Approval of Settlements
Compliance Corner: N.Y. Approval of Settlements

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Beginning July 1, New York's Workers' Compensation Board will use a desk review process in place of a formal hearing to review Section 32 waiver agreements involving claimants who are […]
What Do You Think: Did Not Mentioning Prior Accidents Put Brakes on Truck Driver’s Claim?
What Do You Think: Did Not Mentioning Prior Accidents Put Brakes on Truck Driver’s Claim?

West Babylon, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer in New York may be able to avoid a workers’ compensation claim if it can establish that the employee made false statements in order to obtain benefits. One […]
Do You Know the Rule? N.Y. Presumption of Compensability for Workplace Assaults
Do You Know the Rule? N.Y. Presumption of Compensability for Workplace Assaults

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In New York, it’s presumed that an injury which occurs in the course of work also arises out of employment and is thus compensable under the state’s workers’ compensation law. That […]