Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – With 21 percent more workers experiencing burnout, and the US Surgeon General issuing a recent advisory on the record levels of stress in healthcare workers, mental health and maintaining a work […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – While CMS is making an effort to support vital rural hospitals in the proposed rules for 2023, the proposed cuts for physicians could potentially mean there are fewer physicians to take […]

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Anyone on the scene of the rescue and recovery effort following the September 11 attacks likely fits the definition of a “hero.” But, as Matter of Fierro-Switzer v. World Trade […]

Fairfax, VA (WorkersCompensation.com). Whether a job function is "essential" for purposes of a worker's request for reasonable accommodations depends on several factors.  When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in Spring 2020, a home healthcare agency, plagued […]

Unfortunately, as current events show, active shooter events continue to affect multiple aspects of American life, including the workplace. For Lieutenant Neal Bohannon, while tragic, these events also contain lessons to help prevent the loss […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – For the general public, the annual limit for radiation exposure is 1 mSv per annum, equivalent to 1000 µSv per annum. On average, the typical office or home exposure is around […]

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 […]