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Do You Know the Rule? PTSD Compensability in Mo.
Do You Know the Rule? PTSD Compensability in Mo.

St. Louis, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Fire and police departments, and other employers of first responders in Missouri, may see a rising number of workers’ compensation claims, now that state law recognizes PTSD as a compensable […]
Do You Know the Rule? Workers’ Comp ‘Death Benefits’ in N.Y.
Do You Know the Rule? Workers’ Comp ‘Death Benefits’ in N.Y.

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employers and their insurance carriers may be responsible for paying a surviving family member workers’ compensation benefits when an employee dies due to a work-related event. This article explains who […]
What Do You Think: Did Former Top Cop Qualify under CT’s Heart & Hypertension Act?
What Do You Think: Did Former Top Cop Qualify under CT’s Heart & Hypertension Act?

Bridgeport, CT (WorkersCompensation.com)–The Heart and Hypertension Act in Connecticut provides workers’ compensation benefits to city police department employees hired before 1996. But what happens if the employee took on an entirely new job from his […]
Case Lesson: How Workers Try to Connect Negative Employment Decisions to FMLA Leave
Case Lesson: How Workers Try to Connect Negative Employment Decisions to FMLA Leave

Doylesown, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – One of the main places where a worker’s FMLA retaliation case falls apart is where the worker tries to connect his FMLA request to his termination (or other negative employment action). […]
Bus Driver Tormented by COVID-19 Fears can’t Collect Benefits for Mental Injuries
Bus Driver Tormented by COVID-19 Fears can’t Collect Benefits for Mental Injuries

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Few would question that being a bus driver during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was highly stressful and might lead to depression and anxiety, and possibly heavy drinking […]
What Do You Think: Was Dozing Detention Officer Still Qualified for Job?
What Do You Think: Was Dozing Detention Officer Still Qualified for Job?

Pearsall, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – A worker can successfully sue his employer under the ADA for failing to accommodate a disability only if he was qualified for the job. One case addresses whether an employee’s inability […]
Do You Know the Rule? Ill. Workers’ Right to PTSD Benefits
Do You Know the Rule? Ill. Workers’ Right to PTSD Benefits

Springfield, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employers in Illinois may be responsible for paying workers’ compensation benefits for an employee with PTSD, but only under certain conditions. First, as with all injuries eligible for workers’ compensation benefits, […]
Do You Know the Rule? Ariz’s Presumption of Occupational Disease for Firefighters
Do You Know the Rule? Ariz’s Presumption of Occupational Disease for Firefighters

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Beginning in 2001, the Arizona Legislature made it easier for firefighters (and fire investigators) seeking workers’ compensation to show that their job as a firefighter caused their cancer. Presumption of Occupational […]