It has been a little less than "business as usual" around WorkersCompensation.com this week due to the impact of Hurricane Ian. Our team is at work, but many or working through power and internet outages […]

Olympia, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) – As do other states, Washington, by statute, creates a presumption that certain diseases were contracted on the job for purposes of workers’ compensation benefits. Here’s a look at how those presumptions […]

Birmingham, AL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Recently, Alabama made some updates to its definitions under workers' compensation law. That provides an opportunity to check in on how the Yellowhammer State defines important terms, like employer, employee, and wages. […]

Nashville, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When long-time Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation Administrator -- and recent National Association of Workers' Compensation Judiciary Hall of Fame Inductee -- Abbie Hudgens announced her retirement, just about everyone in the workers' […]

Charlotte, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- While commonsense might say what's employment and what isn't, plenty of court cases and interpretations of law have disputed just what exactly counts as "employment" for legal purposes. Thus it's not […]

Trenton, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Not long ago, New Jersey updated its rule governing permanent partial disability to explain what is a scheduled loss and what is a non-scheduled loss. So how does the Garden State […]

Boise, ID (WorkersCompensation.com) – Recently, Idaho updated its rules on final reports, with a specific focus on requirements for the state’s electronic data interchange. So, what does the new rule require? The following chart breaks […]

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – For some jobs, the risk of getting hurt while at work comes with the territory. Such was the case in Matter of Young v. DiNapoli, No. 533976 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. […]