Compliance Corner Generally, the words "volunteer" and "workers' compensation are mutually exclusive, but there are some instances where a "volunteer" can be considered an "employee" for state workers' compensation law. As Simply Research subscribers know, […]

Labor Landscape Japan’s Nippon Steel has finalized its $14.9 billion takeover of U.S. Steel and promises to boost jobs and economic growth in western Pennsylvania.  Most notably, the pact calls for Nippon to invest $11 […]

Do You Know the Rule? In Pennsylvania, a workers’ compensation claimant has to prove that he sustained an injury. He also needs to show that his job caused the injury. Because the employee bears the […]

Do You Know the Rule? If an employee wants to sue an employer for personal injuries based on a work-related accident, she is generally out of luck. The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act is the exclusive […]

What Do You Think? Whether an injured worker is entitled to total disability benefits or partial disability benefits can hinge on whether he continues working at a second job. That’s one reason it may be […]

Do You Know the Rule? A worker whose injury has forced him to retire generally may continue to receive workers’ compensation benefits in Pennsylvania. An employer may file a petition seeking to terminate a claimant's […]

What Do You Think? Can an employee who suffers mental health injury at work sue his employer for monetary damages, or is his only relief the state workers’ compensation act? A Pennsylvania case addressed whether […]

Courts & Compliance Recently, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court considered what a workers' compensation judge must do at trial and what deference a WCJ's decisions are entitled to on appeal. I the case, Lebanon Transit v. […]