Sacramento, CA - The U.S. Postal Service has asked  OSHA for a temporary waiver from President Biden’s coronavirus vaccine mandate, setting up a showdown on pandemic safety measures between the president and one of the government’s largest […]

Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Cal/OSHA today updated its FAQs on COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) to incorporate new guidance from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on isolation and quarantine periods. In December […]

Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) - Shantee Orr, one of eight former NFL players accused of taking part in a scheme to defraud a player health care reimbursement fund, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Harris County of submitting […]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) OSHA withdraws portions of COVID-19 temporary standard for health care On December 27, OSHA announced the withdrawal of non-recordkeeping portions of the emergency temporary standard (ETS) for the […]

In today’s marketplace, countless vendors and technologies claim to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) or automate manual claims processes. One could argue that starting with the very first computer, this is what everyone has been working […]

I have written many times on prepping for the federalization of Workers Comp. The Nixon Administration’s efforts to possibly make Workers Comp a federal insurance program was unknown to me at the time I wrote many of […]

Decatur, AL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Exposure to dangerous toxins at an Alabama chemical manufacturing plant – Daikin America Inc. – lead to the deaths of two workers and sickened another worker after the employer failed to […]

The 2021 wildfire season was a slight improvement over the devastating 2020 season, which burned more than 10.1 million acres. As of early December, U.S. wildfires burned more than 7.6 million acres. The largest wildfire in […]