Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Half Moon Bay, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Protecting employees from workplace violence means making a plan for it and watching out for warning signs, a security expert says.   In light of two workplace shootings in California […]

Elizabeth City, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When an employer fires an employee or takes other adverse employment action shortly after the employee asserts FMLA rights or takes leave, the employer exposes itself to a retaliation claim. […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The purpose of licensing for registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical (LPNs) or vocational nurses (VNs) is to set minimal qualifications for entry-level health practitioners, and ensure the safety of patients […]

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If an injured worker decides to bail out on the labor market, it could have a negative impact on their efforts to claim workers' compensation benefits. Such was the case in Hanson […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Telehealth has been an evolving topic that healthcare providers are still trying to navigate between Federal audit reports showing massive billing errors, and progressive studies on efficacy. While some studies have […]

Montgomery, AL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A worker sucked into the engine of a jet on New Year’s Eve was repeatedly told to not go near it, investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Monday.   […]

Hollywood, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Workers at two workplaces in Florida and Oklahoma are recovering after two of their co-workers were killed on the job. In Hollywood, Fla., police are investigating a death at a warehouse […]

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Ohio, a person may be entitled to death benefits under the worker’s compensation statute if the individual was wholly or partly dependent on the deceased when he died.  The information […]