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‘Buddy Exemption’ gets a Thumbs Down from Alaska High Court
‘Buddy Exemption’ gets a Thumbs Down from Alaska High Court

Juneau, AK (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It would make sense that if you hired your friend to do some work around the house for you, even if you paid them, it probably wouldn't trigger workers' compensation coverage. […]
How Can You Use Simply Research’s Compliance Quick Reference Tool?
How Can You Use Simply Research’s Compliance Quick Reference Tool?

Tips & Tricks Learn how to use the Compliance Quick Reference Tool that our Compliance Team has put together to help you find information quickly and easily. https://www.youtube.com/live/EYT4tieXueg?si=t8q-kC6v4k7K159m
Calif. Top Court Finds No Conflict Between Prop. 22, State Constitution
Calif. Top Court Finds No Conflict Between Prop. 22, State Constitution

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Back in 2020, California voters enacted Proposition 22, which went on to become Business and Professions Code Section 7451. That law turned back a previous legislative act in the Golden State […]
How Does an EEOICPA Claimant Prove a Beryllium Disease Diagnosis? 
How Does an EEOICPA Claimant Prove a Beryllium Disease Diagnosis? 

Federal Focus Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, a program that covers employees who, largely, work in the atomic energy sector, provides a path to compensation for workers […]
Tips and Tricks for Using Simply Research
Tips and Tricks for Using Simply Research

Do you know how to get to the 50-state comparative tables on Simply Research? This video will help you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl-rlA7ft8I
What Happens with a Failure to Insure in Maryland?
What Happens with a Failure to Insure in Maryland?

Compliance Corner Catonsville, MD (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Like many states, Maryland has rules in place for when an employer fails to secure compensation for all covered employees. As detailed on Simply Research, those rules are as […]
Can Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Apply in Pennsylvania?
Can Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Apply in Pennsylvania?

Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The term "ineffective assistance of counsel" most often refers to criminal defendants' Constitutional rights and what arguments they have at their disposal following a less-than-desirable outcome in the guilty-or-not phase of […]
What Do ‘Injury’ and ‘Occupational Disease’ Mean in Kentucky?
What Do ‘Injury’ and ‘Occupational Disease’ Mean in Kentucky?

Glossary Check Elizabethtown, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Let's say you find yourself in the Bluegrass State and someone needs to know, for workers' compensation purposes, what an injury is and what an occupational disease is. If […]