Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Case File A New York worker couldn't make ends meet, but as Simply Research subscribers know from the full text of her case, that didn't mean she fit the bill for "extreme financial hardship" in […]

Jackson, MS (WorkersCompensation.com) – A McDonald’s employee is dead after a female customer stabbed them after an argument. Officials said 22-year-old Destiny Gibson was arrested after she fatally stabbed the employee “several times,” with a […]

Clark, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What happens in the Garden State when a dispute arises over a claim of compensation? Simply Research subscribers know, but the highlights follow. Who can Submit? In case of a dispute […]

Glossary Check Under Maryland workers' compensation law, as Simply Research subscribers know, “sociological information” means: (1) Social Security number; (2) Personal phone number; (3) Personal email address; and (4) Date of birth. Rules on Custodians […]

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As an employer or workers’ compensation carrier in New York, when should you fight a COVID-19-related claim, and when should you not? A case involving a worker who drove sick […]

Santa Monica, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employee of Santa Monica College is dead after being shot by a coworker. Officials said Felicia Hudson, 54, was working as a custodial operations manager at the college’s Center […]

Case File Work is stressful—sometimes very stressful. But an employee is unlikely to have a compensable claim based on stress alone. Instead, she’ll have to show that stress was out of the ordinary—greater than what […]

Labor Landscape Pittsburgh, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Amazon and United Parcel Service Inc. each want to hire 2,000 workers in advance of the holiday shopping season for distribution centers in Western Pennsylvania, the company said this […]