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Assistant Principal Raises Failure to Accommodate Issues Following Colon Surgery
Assistant Principal Raises Failure to Accommodate Issues Following Colon Surgery

 New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Even when an employee is out of work due to a non-work-related injury, how an employer handles the employee’s return can mean the difference between a successful outcome and costly […]
What Do You Think: Was Worker who Fell from Ladder Employee or Independent Contractor?
What Do You Think: Was Worker who Fell from Ladder Employee or Independent Contractor?

  Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) – When a worker fell from a ladder while painting the house of the owner of a business he regularly performed work for, his injury raised questions about whether he was […]
Terminating 74-year-old for Refusing Flu Shot Raises Age Discrimination Question
Terminating 74-year-old for Refusing Flu Shot Raises Age Discrimination Question

Birmingham, AL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Even before the pandemic, encouraging employees to get vaccinated has long been a best practice for a safer, healthier workplace. However, as a hospital discovered in Smith v. Healthcare Authority for […]
What Do You Think: Was CNA's Injury Related to Work?
What Do You Think: Was CNA's Injury Related to Work?

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – In the medical field, credentials matter. And as a Pennsylvania court recently detailed, a doctor’s credential can make all the difference in whether a worker receives benefits. A certified nursing assistant […]
Lockton Looks to Survey Data to Improve Decision-Making, Change Culture
Lockton Looks to Survey Data to Improve Decision-Making, Change Culture

Stuart, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – What’s the best way to change a fixed mindset when it comes to workers’ compensation? Numbers can make the case. Although conventional thinking rules the day with many employers when it […]
N.Y. Police Officer's 9/11 Claims Come Up Short
N.Y. Police Officer's 9/11 Claims Come Up Short

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The officers and first responders at Ground Zero on 9/11 are widely recognized as heroes who risked -- and in some cases sacrificed -- their lives to save others.  Nonetheless, […]
What Do You Think: Did Mask Requirement Raise 'Regarded As' Claim under ADA?
What Do You Think: Did Mask Requirement Raise 'Regarded As' Claim under ADA?

Portland, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) – Long COVID has been in the news for a good chunk of the pandemic, but how long does COVID last for purposes of a “regarded as” claim under the ADA? A […]
EEOC Dives Deep into Caregiver Discrimination in New Technical Assistance
EEOC Dives Deep into Caregiver Discrimination in New Technical Assistance

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – With remote and hybrid work – as well as school closures and quarantine – likely here to stay as part of the new normal emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, caregiver discrimination […]