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What Do You Think: Did Probation Officer Lose Job Because She Left Work for Embryo Transfer?
What Do You Think: Did Probation Officer Lose Job Because She Left Work for Embryo Transfer?

Lebanon, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) An employee claiming FMLA retaliation may continue with her lawsuit, even if her employer points to a valid basis for firing her. However, the employee will have to first show that her […]
What Do You Think: Did ‘Double Whammy’ of Heat, Physical Labor, Fuel Roadside Mechanic’s Heart Attack? 
What Do You Think: Did ‘Double Whammy’ of Heat, Physical Labor, Fuel Roadside Mechanic’s Heart Attack? 

Greencastle, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When an employee has a heart attack at work, there is always the question of whether his job activities, rather than his personal habits and physical health, caused the attack.   As […]
Do You Know the Rule? Pa. Compensability of Psychological Injuries
Do You Know the Rule? Pa. Compensability of Psychological Injuries

Pittsburgh, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Not every injury is readily apparent. Some injuries may manifest as depression, anxiety, or PTSD. In Pennsylvania, employees seeking workers’ compensation benefits for a mental injury arising from something stressful at […]
Switch from Total to Partial doesn’t Violate Pa. Officer’s Constitutional Rights
Switch from Total to Partial doesn’t Violate Pa. Officer’s Constitutional Rights

Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- While an injured worker certainly has an interest in receiving her workers' compensation benefits, does she have a vested property interest in them? Not according to the court in Farmbry v. […]
What Do You Think: Was Trucker with Back Injury his Transportation Broker’s ‘Employee’?
What Do You Think: Was Trucker with Back Injury his Transportation Broker’s ‘Employee’?

New Hope, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) Employees can wear many hats. But does a company hat make a worker an “employee?” Along with a few factors that are especially relevant to distinguishing which truckers are employees, and […]
Opposition Mounts Against Proposed Sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese Multinational Company
Opposition Mounts Against Proposed Sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese Multinational Company

Pittsburgh, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A gaggle of union labor leaders, politicians, and political economists are voicing strong opposition to the proposed sale of U.S. Steel, the company founded in 1901 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., […]
Sticker Shock Prompts Pa. Court to Blackball Red Book Average Wholesale Prices
Sticker Shock Prompts Pa. Court to Blackball Red Book Average Wholesale Prices

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Anyone who's ever paid for expensive prescriptions has probably felt a degree of "sticker shock" when footing the bill. But in Federated Insurance Co. v. Summit Pharmacy, No. 115 C.D. 2023 […]
What Do You Think: Could Temp Pinned by Mechanical Arm Sue Assigned Employer?
What Do You Think: Could Temp Pinned by Mechanical Arm Sue Assigned Employer?

Wilkes-Barre, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employers with workers’ compensation coverage are generally immune to negligence lawsuits for work-related injuries. But what happens if the worker is hired by and paid by an employment agency, but sent […]