Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer may voluntarily extend a worker’s medical leave beyond the 12 weeks authorized under the FMLA. But does that also extend the worker’s ability to sue over retaliatory acts?  A […]

Hyrum, UT (WorkersCompensation.com)–Employers may have to pay workers’ compensation benefits even if a worker’s preexisting injury might have contributed to an on-the-job injury.  While a long-haul trucker’s “super obesity” arguably constituted a preexisting condition, a […]

Salt Lake City, UT (WorkersCompensation.com) – Is sitting behind the wheel for a long time something that could be considered “extraordinary” for a long-haul truck driver? Possibly, and Utah’s highest court recently had to decide […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to recent studies from the NC Rural Health Research Program some services in rural areas decreased while others increased. For instance, from 2011 to 2017, researchers noted a decrease in […]

Pasadena, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The death of a Southern California UPS driver may be a harbinger of what employers and policy makers can expect as climate change raises temperatures across the country.   While some states […]

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com)–A compensable injury is one that can be connected to the specific activities a worker performs as part of his job.  As a case involving a supervisor for a transit authority demonstrates, […]

Tampa, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A new report has found that Wyoming tops the country in workplace fatalities.   Health experts at Tampa-based NiceRx analyzed information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2020 State Occupational Injuries, […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to recent reports, hackers have been actively hitting healthcare the last couple of months. In a Becker’s report from earlier this week, Baton Rouge general had to shut its computer […]