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Tulsa, OK (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The term "due process" raises images of constitutional law classes and contested criminal law proceedings. But as Oklahoma's highest court demonstrated in Cantwell v. Flex-N-Gate, No. 120189 (Okla. 12/12/23), due process […]

Akron, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – As retail workers continue to be targeted for attacks by customers, some are planning on leaving their jobs, a new survey has found. The study comes as a retail clerk was […]

Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) -- No one wants to see a worker die, but unfortunately, it happens sometimes. When it does, Texas has procedural rules for how benefits are distributed. The following information breaks down those […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Healthcare has had tremendous staffing issues, largely due to burnout, the last couple of years. According to a November report from Beckers Hospital Review, through October of this year, 126 CEOs […]

Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Here at the Santa's workshop that is the WorkersCompensation.com news desk, we are raising a toast to the old year and hanging high hopes on the new. To help us close […]

Clearwater, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Florida, employers that fail to secure the payment of compensation, as provided in s. 440.10, by failing to meet the requirements of 440.38 may not, in any suit brought against them by an […]

Lake Charles, La (WorkersCompensation.com)–Workers can generally circumvent the exclusivity provision of a workers’ compensation act by demonstrating that the employer intentionally injured the employee. But can a series of negligent or reckless acts constitute intent? […]

Waltham, Mass. (WorkersCompensation.com) – A utility employee and a police officer were killed Thursday when a pickup truck driver crashed through their work site, killing them both. According to police reports, two other utility workers […]