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Another cutting-edge health study has been published, and unlike so many we have generally lampooned here in the past, this one may have some merit when it comes to determining the condition of one’s health. […]

In May, the Florida First District Court rendered an interesting and instructive decision in Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC v. Parks, 1D21-1130. It is not a workers' compensation case, but illustrates a challenge for the litigation […]

Summary: No organization, no matter the size, is immune from a cyber attack. Learn the six trending cybersecurity issues that could wreak havoc on a business and find out how to prevent them. Every employer faces […]

In 2022, conversations about mental health in the workplace have become more common than ever.  After two years of living and working through a pandemic, today’s workers are facing tremendous amounts of stress owing not […]

The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) declined to review the Minnesota Supreme Court’s decision prohibiting reimbursement of medical marijuana costs in a workers’ compensation claim. The Petitioner for a Writ of Certiorari conference was denied today.  Musta v. Mendota […]

Everyone agrees that workers’ compensation is too complicated.  But one aspect of it rises above others on the complicated scale – permanent partial disability benefits.        The difficulty of finding the right balance for permanent partial […]

We have spent two years challenged by the latest coronavirus. It has been a reminder of viral infection leaping from other species, See The 1918 Flu in the News (April 2022). In fact, Nature claims scientists are now studying […]

At the California Coalition of Workers’ Compensation Conference in Anaheim a couple of weeks back, one of the presenters made a comment that resonated with me. The topic was related to innovative claims management practices […]