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New Study Suggests for Every Mass Shooting Fatality Over 5 Individuals Injured
New Study Suggests for Every Mass Shooting Fatality Over 5 Individuals Injured

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The recent school shooting fatalities have weighed heavy on the nation, and have opened up a whole host of questions that remain unanswered. One study published last fall showed a large […]
Bus Drivers ask for Better Protection in Light of Continuing Attacks
Bus Drivers ask for Better Protection in Light of Continuing Attacks

Manhattan, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Bus drivers with the Metropolitan Transit Authority in New York City want officials to take more action to protect them in light of recent attacks.    At a recent rally in Upper […]
Waitress' Fall Raises Questions about Contractor's Negligence
Waitress' Fall Raises Questions about Contractor's Negligence

Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – When construction is completed, the contractor usually isn’t held liable for injuries that occur after the job is done. However, in Windus v. Buffalo Construction Inc., No. 2020-CA-1035-MR (Ky. Ct. App. […]
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Indicted on Fraud Charges
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Indicted on Fraud Charges

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) –A former insurance commissioner that once launched a criminal investigation into the CEO of a workers compensation insurer has now been indicted himself on conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and conspiracy […]
What Do You Think: Was Terminated Worker Entitled to Disability Benefit?
What Do You Think: Was Terminated Worker Entitled to Disability Benefit?

Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – In many cases, when an employee’s time at a job, benefits that came with the job cease as well. However, that’s not always the case, and as a scenario in Illinois […]
Attacks on Flight Personnel Down After Mask Mandate Dropped
Attacks on Flight Personnel Down After Mask Mandate Dropped

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) Attacks on flight attendants and other airline crew members is down following a judge’s ruling effectively banning the mask mandate on airplanes.    According to data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the […]
Study Suggests High Level of Physician Burnout Associated with Discrimination
Study Suggests High Level of Physician Burnout Associated with Discrimination

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Job burnout has been a hot topic in the workplace the last couple of years with all of the challenges that workers have faced during the pandemic. Workers who are burnout […]
8th Cir.: Lower Risk of COVID Permits Dropping Mask Injunction
8th Cir.: Lower Risk of COVID Permits Dropping Mask Injunction

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) – As schools reopened during the middle of the pandemic, the rise of the delta and omicron variants raised safety concerns that included the health and wellbeing of school staff, including […]

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