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What Do You Think: Was Head-on Collision after Leaving Fire Camp in Course of Employment?
What Do You Think: Was Head-on Collision after Leaving Fire Camp in Course of Employment?

Brownsville, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Whether a commercial traveler carrying out a personal errand is on the clock for workers’ compensation purposes depends on the circumstances. One case highlights a variety of ingredients that informed a […]
Stress, Mental Health Issues Continue to Contribute to Employee Absenteeism
Stress, Mental Health Issues Continue to Contribute to Employee Absenteeism

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Absenteeism in the workplace has increased in the past five years – and one in 10 employees are absent on days they’re scheduled to come to work. While planned PTO is […]
Pioneering Change in Workers’ Compensation: Challengers of the Status Quo
Pioneering Change in Workers’ Compensation: Challengers of the Status Quo

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Change agents are individuals with a vision who take the initiative and lead transformative actions in various social sectors. In workers' compensation, these leaders are critical in challenging the current status […]
What Do You Think: Was Walmart Worker’s Injury Description too Fishy to Hook Benefits?
What Do You Think: Was Walmart Worker’s Injury Description too Fishy to Hook Benefits?

Moundsville, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employee may not obtain workers’ compensation benefits for an injury unless he can show it occurred in the course of employment. A case involving a Walmart worker addresses a situation […]
N.Y. Subway Worker Pepper-sprayed in Ongoing Attacks on Transit Workers
N.Y. Subway Worker Pepper-sprayed in Ongoing Attacks on Transit Workers

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) - On April 22, a worker cleaning a Metropolitan Transit Authority subway was attacked with pepper spray, officials said this week. The worker was cleaning a train at its northern terminal […]
Climate & Comp: Calif. Moves to Protect Workers from Indoor Heat
Climate & Comp: Calif. Moves to Protect Workers from Indoor Heat

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – For five years, workers have been waiting for California officials to address heat protection for indoor workers during extreme heat, and now officials seem poised to act. The California Division of […]
What Do You Think: Was Nurse Liaison’s COVID-19 too Common to be ‘Occupational Disease’?
What Do You Think: Was Nurse Liaison’s COVID-19 too Common to be ‘Occupational Disease’?

Omaha, NE (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Nebraska, an ordinary disease of life that everyone is exposed to, such as the flu, is generally not a compensable occupational disease. But what if the disease goes from being […]
The Impact of Loneliness in the Workplace and Workers’ Compensation
The Impact of Loneliness in the Workplace and Workers’ Compensation

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Loneliness has long been considered an individual problem but has become a widespread social epidemic. In May 2023, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy officially recognized this issue. The rise of […]

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