Mars,PA – An industrial insulation contractor in Ohio entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to resolve litigation prompted by the findings of a June 2020 […]

( WorkCompAcademy) - National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has just published its "Workers Compensation Presumptions Update - Five Thinks You Need to Know" Insights Report. Two years after the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 […]

Austin,TX ( WorkersCompensation.com) - Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Kevin Robnett to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company Board of Directors for a term set to expire on July 1, 2027. The company provides a stable, […]

In 2022, conversations about mental health in the workplace have become more common than ever.  After two years of living and working through a pandemic, today’s workers are facing tremendous amounts of stress owing not […]

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) declined to review the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision prohibiting reimbursement of medical marijuana costs in a workers’ compensation claim. The Petitioner for a Writ of Certiorari conference was denied today.  Musta v. Mendota […]

Everyone agrees that workers’ compensation is too complicated.  But one aspect of it rises above others on the complicated scale – permanent partial disability benefits.        The difficulty of finding the right balance for permanent partial […]

Luzerne,PA ( WorkersCompensation.com)  – Despite the dangers of falls – a leading cause of construction industry deaths – a Strasburg framing contractor ignored federal workplace standards and exposed workers to falls as high as 14 […]

Olympia,WA (WorkersCompensation.com)  - Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against a 2018 Washington law protecting Hanford workers. An updated law, which was passed in 2022, remains in […]