Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Brooklyn, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Metropolitan Transit Authority workers continue to be injured on the job, and some are finding new ways to cope, officials said. Only July 25, MTA officials said an MTA bus driver […]

What Do You Think? Lima, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employers are entitled to require a fitness-for-duty certification from a doctor before reinstating an employee who is on FMLA leave. But can they go beyond that by […]

Climate & Comp Fayetteville, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) – The recent death of a Fayetteville, N.C. postal worker is being investigated as heat-related. The death comes just months after the USPS was fined by OSHA for a […]

Tampa, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – OSHA is investigating a workplace fatality at the Tampa International Airport after an equipment operator was killed in an accident there. His death was one of many fatal workplace incidents across […]

Goodlettsville, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – Dollar General agreed to pay a $12 million fine and improve conditions at its retail stores across the country, officials with the U.S. Labor Department said last month. According to a […]

College Park, MD (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Antagonism in workers' compensation rarely delivers the best outcomes. However, when the various stakeholders are cohesively focused on return to work, function, and life, the results can be truly transformative. […]

What Do You Think? Hilton Head, SC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Workers compensation is generally available for an injury that occurs in the course and scope of employment. A South Carolina case delves into the question of […]

Durham, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) – An elderly Lowe’s employee is recovering after he was attacked by a customer with a sledgehammer, as the attacks on employees continue across the country. Police in Durham, N.C., said video […]