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As the Covid pandemic continues its wind down (except for in airports and airplanes where we will apparently remain permanently masked) some companies are now looking at clearing the cobwebs in the office and returning […]

Summary: April 28 is designated as World Day for Safety and Health at Work. Learn about the importance of workplace safety awareness at every level, from governments and employers to workers, to help reduce injuries and fatalities on […]

Judicial notice is not a topic of conversation in many groups, other than us law nerds. However, those who litigate for a living find some interest in the topic. From years of experience with litigation, […]

Last November, we published an article about the importance of proper interpretation during court hearings — not just settlements, but expedited and compensation hearings, too. Previously, we’ve permitted some hybrid interpretations. We’ve allowed conversational interpretation, simultaneous interpretations, […]

As a safety professional it is easy to say that safety is important for all workers in all industries. Seeing the multitude of workplace injuries that occur each day make it real. But for average […]

An employee working at Crystal Finishing Systems Inc.’s aluminum extrusion facility in Weston was hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a puller machine while trying to unjam a piece of aluminum. The U.S. […]

The Supreme Court of Iowa rendered an interesting opinion in December 2021 in Askvig v. Snap-on Logistics. It is a poignant reminder of the challenges of timeliness, and the challenges of a pandemic.  Essentially, an injured […]

A bill currently before the California legislature would require that workers’ compensation in the state “increase the payment of disability benefits by the percentage of disparity in earnings between genders.” What does this mean? Probably […]