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A Look Back at ’23: Our Top 12 (and a Few More) Stories from the Old Year
A Look Back at ’23: Our Top 12 (and a Few More) Stories from the Old Year

Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Here at the Santa's workshop that is the WorkersCompensation.com news desk, we are raising a toast to the old year and hanging high hopes on the new. To help us close […]
Do You Know the Rule? Fla. Failure to Secure Workers’ Compensation
Do You Know the Rule? Fla. Failure to Secure Workers’ Compensation

Clearwater, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Florida, employers that fail to secure the payment of compensation, as provided in s. 440.10, by failing to meet the requirements of 440.38 may not, in any suit brought against them by an […]
N.J. Contractor’s Lack of Workers’ Compensation Coverage Doesn’t Allow Worker to Escape Exclusivity Rules
N.J. Contractor’s Lack of Workers’ Compensation Coverage Doesn’t Allow Worker to Escape Exclusivity Rules

Egg Harbor City, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- An employer's failure to carry workers' compensation insurance where its required can lead to many consequences. However, as was the case in Heuman v. Heuman, No. A-1593-21 (N.J. Super. […]
Glossary Check: Va. ‘Ground Rules’
Glossary Check: Va. ‘Ground Rules’

Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When most of the population uses "ground rules," they're probably referring to a game, competition, or terms of engagement in some way. However, when the workers' compensation community in Virginia uses […]
Quick Hits: N.J. Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates  
Quick Hits: N.J. Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates  

West Orange, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Looking for the lowdown on New Jersey rates for 2024? Here they are. Update for 2024 Effective Dates: Jan. 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024Statewide average weekly wage: $1,507.76Maximum: $1,131.00 […]
Glossary Check: Or. ‘Work Hardening’
Glossary Check: Or. ‘Work Hardening’

Eugene, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Do you feel like your work has gotten harder lately? Maybe it has, but that's not the same as "work hardening" in a workers' compensation context. To understand what it means, […]
Tenn. Top Court Finds No Reason to Overturn $50,505.50 Attorney’s Fee Award
Tenn. Top Court Finds No Reason to Overturn $50,505.50 Attorney’s Fee Award

Nashville, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A Tennessee employer recently learned that failing to provide benefits due an injured worker in a timely manner can add the cost of attorney's fees into what's already owed. In Earheart […]
Justice O’Connor’s Legacy Includes Workers’ Compensation Rulings
Justice O’Connor’s Legacy Includes Workers’ Compensation Rulings

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Those who follow current events will know by know that former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor died Friday at age 93. While O'Connor has gone down in history for […]