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Could Mental Health Worker get Benefits for A-fib by Linking it to COVID-19?
Could Mental Health Worker get Benefits for A-fib by Linking it to COVID-19?

What Do You Think? Booneville, AK (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Arkansas, medical conditions that are a natural consequence of a compensable workplace injury may entitle an employee to additional benefits. As one case illustrates, when defending […]
Did Coworkers’ Calls, ‘Off-Boarding’ During FMLA Leave Constitute Interference?
Did Coworkers’ Calls, ‘Off-Boarding’ During FMLA Leave Constitute Interference?

What Do You Think? Hamilton, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – Most FMLA interference claims involve actions an employer takes while the employee tries to obtain medical leave. But what a company does during leave can also constitute […]
Are Injuries from Fainting Waiting to Get Employer-Mandated Vaccine Compensable?
Are Injuries from Fainting Waiting to Get Employer-Mandated Vaccine Compensable?

What Do You Think? Milwaukie, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) – Injuries at work arising from a medical condition are generally deemed not to arise out of employment. When the source of the injury is unexplained, on the […]
Did Citing ‘Disabilities’ Enable Employee to Sue for FMLA Interference?
Did Citing ‘Disabilities’ Enable Employee to Sue for FMLA Interference?

What Do You Think? Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employee needs to point to a serious health condition to bring an FMLA interference claim. One case addresses the question of whether merely alleging that he […]
Was it Impossible to Safeguard Roofer who Fell before Colleagues Installed Fall Protection?
Was it Impossible to Safeguard Roofer who Fell before Colleagues Installed Fall Protection?

What Do You Think? Ravenna, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Ohio employers need to think hard about how they are going to protect their employees from falling off of roofs during work. Fall protection is required in […]
Was Corrections Worker who Lost Eye Permanently Disabled?
Was Corrections Worker who Lost Eye Permanently Disabled?

What Do You Think? Newport, AR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- No matter how severe or upsetting an injury may be, a claimant in Arkansas seeking permanent disability still has to demonstrate that she can no longer work […]
Did Nurse’s ‘Plandemic’ Comments Justify Ending Benefits for Long-COVID?
Did Nurse’s ‘Plandemic’ Comments Justify Ending Benefits for Long-COVID?

What Do You Think? Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits due to COVID-19 sometimes seek to extend those benefits based on symptoms of “long-COVID.”  It can be hard for doctors to objectively […]
Was Deceased Paratransit Driver’s COVID-19 Linked to his Job?
Was Deceased Paratransit Driver’s COVID-19 Linked to his Job?

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As an employer or workers’ compensation carrier in New York, when should you fight a COVID-19-related claim, and when should you not? A case involving a worker who drove sick […]