Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Wheeling, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To determine whether a worker who is injured while engaged in an activity that is neither distinctly personal nor distinctly employment-related in character, many courts apply the “increased-risk” test. The West […]

Providence, RI (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Rhode Island, subject the choice of the employee, an employer must "promptly" provide for an injured employee any reasonable medical, surgical, dental, optical, or other attendance or treatment, nurse and […]

Prairie du Chien, WI (WorkersCompensation.com) – Federal investigators at OSHA announced Friday that they had fined Maplewood, Minn.-based 3M over the death of an employee at its Wisconsin plant this spring.   Officials said 3M could […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Healthcare has seen an 84 percent increase in provider bankruptcies according to evidence presented before the House Committee on Ways and Means in September. While reductions and delays in payment, as […]

Lincoln, NE (WorkersCompensation.com) -- No one wants their personal information to go public, especially when it comes to legal proceedings. Thus, it's probably not surprising that states -- such as Nebraska -- have tight rules […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The importance of documentation cannot be overemphasized. In this post, I wanted to share some questions and tips on documentation. As nurse case managers, we learned about documentation during our training, […]

Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The topic of cannabis and workers' compensation has been in the news for a while. And while the topic is not without controversy, states have craft rules based on their legislatures' […]

Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Virginia has a form to use when there is a supplemental agreement to pay varying wage benefits. The form must be completed whenever a claim has been accepted as compensable and […]