Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – When state law permits an employer that is paying workers’ compensation benefits to offset those payments with a credit for unemployment benefits the worker receives, what happens when a new, pandemic-related […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompenstion.com) – California employers trying to adhere to the latest workplace mandates may be confused, to say the least. There are rules about isolation and quarantine, what constitutes acceptable tests and masks, exclusion […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Over half of practicing physicians have been involved in a lawsuit, and among surgeons that percentage is even higher. According to the latest Medscape survey, Surgeon Malpractice Report 2021, 77 percent […]

Hillsdale, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Due to his health issues, a meat plant worker faced challenges with his job when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the plant to impose a mask requirement and eventually led to the […]

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- An intelligence panel looking into causes of Havana Syndrome has said that some of those who have reported becoming ill could “plausibly” have been caused by “pulsed electromagnetic energy” from an external […]

Lady Lake, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Six workers died on the job over the past two weeks in industrial accidents across the country.  In Lady Lake, Florida, a construction worker died Feb. 2, after a retention […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Many people struggle to get 7 hours or more of quality sleep. Statistics from the CDC show that depending on region, up to 44 percent of the adult population suffers from […]

Mona, UT (WorkersCompensation.com) – When is an at-work injury and accidental injury, which would allow for an exception to a state’s exclusive remedy provision, and when is it an occupational disease, which might not? Utah’s […]