Parker, CO (WorkersCompensation.com)–To obtain workers’ compensation benefits, an employee must show that his injury arose out of his employment. But what happens when an employee falls while working and injures himself, and there’s no clear […]

King of Prussia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Pennsylvania, an employer may file a petition to stop or reduce an employee’s workers’ compensation benefits if there has been a change in the employee’s medical condition or […]

Los Angeles, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A variety of factors can influence the success of a worker’s FMLA retaliation claim, but they often revolve around timing, performance history, and supervisors’ reactions to the employee’s leave requests. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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). […]

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 […]