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New Analysis Shows Diabetes Costs Employers $245 Billion Annually
New Analysis Shows Diabetes Costs Employers $245 Billion Annually

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – When it comes to weight, there are basically two camps of thinking. One is that metabolic issues that cause weight gain such as diabetes is a disease. The other belief is […]
OSHA Continues to Find Violations at Dollar Stores Across Country
OSHA Continues to Find Violations at Dollar Stores Across Country

Mount Pleasant, Texas (WorkersCompensation.com) – OSHA has continued to cite Dollar Tree and Dollar General stores across the country for workplace violations over the past few weeks.  On February 27, federal inspectors cited a Dollar […]
New Analysis Shows Reductions in Spine Surgery Reimbursement
New Analysis Shows Reductions in Spine Surgery Reimbursement

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sets national and state industry standard for pricing for not only Medicare, but commercial and workers compensation as well. As a resource, CMS […]
Low Wage Earners Can Expect Health Issues in Middle Age
Low Wage Earners Can Expect Health Issues in Middle Age

Pittsburgh, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A history of earning low wages may be linked to a higher risk of death in middle age for American workers, according to a new study by Columbia University’s Mailman School […]
Do You Know the Rule? When Mental illness is Compensable in Minn.
Do You Know the Rule? When Mental illness is Compensable in Minn.

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It was not that long ago when Minnesota incorporated “mental impairment” into the definition of “occupational disease” under the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act. Now, individuals with job-related PTSD may be able […]
Medical Evidence Points to Singular Hand Injury for Del. Worker
Medical Evidence Points to Singular Hand Injury for Del. Worker

Dover, DE (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When there's conflicting medical evidence about an injured worker, including that which comes from the worker himself, which side is a ruling authority supposed to come down on? As a Delaware […]
Maine Hospital Worker Doesn't Establish Tolling on Statute of Limitation Application
Maine Hospital Worker Doesn't Establish Tolling on Statute of Limitation Application

Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Statutes of limitations can prevent workers' compensation claims from going forward after a certain period of time, but sometimes, circumstances allow that period to be extended. As the recent Maine case Farrell […]
Falsified Records Ground UPS Flight Scheduler's FMLA Retaliation Claims
Falsified Records Ground UPS Flight Scheduler's FMLA Retaliation Claims

Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Companies can overcome most retaliation claims if they can assert a genuine, lawful reason for terminating an employee and if they have documentation of that reason. In Devore v. UPS, No. […]

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