Springfield, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When a worker receives workers' compensation benefits along with benefits due through contractual arrangements or other considerations, can the employer claim a credit? That issue was up for consideration in Joliet v. […]

Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When employees beginning receiving Social Security retirement benefits, it changes what their employers owe in workers’ compensation benefits, but workers can delay receiving Social Security if they choose, which can affect […]

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Ohio, as in other states, the rules regarding self-insuring employers are different from what applies to insured employers for purposes of workers' compensation law. So what are self-insurance and self-insuring […]

Casper, WY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- An impairment rating isn’t the end of the story for determining whether a worker is or isn’t due workers’ compensation benefits.  As the worker learned in Rodriguez v. Wyoming, No. S-22-0131 […]

Butte, MT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It’s becoming increasingly common for people to hold down more than one job, which can raise some compensation questions if a worker injured doing one job isn’t able to work the […]

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In many states, presumptions apply that grant workers in certain fields an entitlement to benefits that require employers to rebut the presumption.  Such is the case in Minnesota, as Juntunen v. […]

Stuart, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- I have a confession to make: My favorite thing about workers' compensation is the case law. On the one hand, the policy wonk in me loves the "dry" cases that just […]

Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What's it take to secure permanent total disabilities benefits in the Old Dominion? The following information breaks down Virginia's PTD rules and calculations. PTD An employee is considered permanently totally disabled […]