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 […]
Do You Know the Rule? Employers may be able to terminate a worker’s PTD benefits on an employee’s 67 birthday. This is because the workers’ compensation act presumes that, by that age, the employee would […]
What Do You Think? Employers who carry workers' compensation coverage are generally protected from personal injury lawsuits over employee injuries. But there are exceptions. In Oregon, for example, an injured worker can still sue for personal […]
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 […]
What Do You Think? Employers must engage in the interactive process concerning an employee’s need for an accommodation under the ADA. But what if an employee clearly has a disability but doesn’t identify the accommodation […]
What Do You Think? An employee must be performing employment services at the time of injury to have a compensable claim in Arkansas. Is an employee driving to a work conference performing such services? What […]
What Do You Think? It’s probably not much fun investigating sexual harassment at a university, or anywhere else, for that matter. The stress might even trigger mental health challenges -- as it apparently did in […]
What Do You Think? In Illinois, if a “borrowed employee” injures a worker, the borrowing employer's workers' compensation coverage likely applies. If that's the case, then the injured worker can't sue the employee's general (original) […]