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Glossary Check: Hawaii ‘Police Chaplain’ to ‘Volunteer Firefighter’
Glossary Check: Hawaii ‘Police Chaplain’ to ‘Volunteer Firefighter’

Honolulu, HI (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Are you looking to boost your Hawaii workers' compensation vocab? Look no further. Here's a chunk of state law devoted to volunteer officers and the like. "Police chaplain" means a member […]
Switch from Total to Partial doesn’t Violate Pa. Officer’s Constitutional Rights
Switch from Total to Partial doesn’t Violate Pa. Officer’s Constitutional Rights

Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- While an injured worker certainly has an interest in receiving her workers' compensation benefits, does she have a vested property interest in them? Not according to the court in Farmbry v. […]
What Do You Think: Did Texas Laborer with Gash in Scalp Show Termination Stemmed from Filing Workers’ Compensation Claim?
What Do You Think: Did Texas Laborer with Gash in Scalp Show Termination Stemmed from Filing Workers’ Compensation Claim?

Dilley, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) A company that terminates an employee shortly after the employee files a workers’ compensation claim is always at some risk of being accused of retaliating. If an employee hopes to make out […]
Quick Hit: Iowa Investigations
Quick Hit: Iowa Investigations

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When the Iowa Workers' Compensation Division decides an investigation is required for the medical details of a worker's injury, what happens? Under Iowa law, the workers’ compensation commissioner may designate […]
Do You Know the Rule? Va. Attorney’s Fees
Do You Know the Rule? Va. Attorney’s Fees

Fredericksburg, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Virginia law covers two scenarios in which attorney's fees are accounted for in a workers' compensation case: 1) where the parties agree to a fee; and 2) where they don't. The […]
Do You Know the Rule? Tenn. ‘Discovery Rule’ for Gradually Occurring Injuries
Do You Know the Rule? Tenn. ‘Discovery Rule’ for Gradually Occurring Injuries

Employees must provide prompt notice of an injury if they are seeking workers’ compensation. However, if the injury develops over a long period of time, the employee might not know about it, might not know […]
Compliance Corner: How Does Oregon Determine Medically Stationary Status?
Compliance Corner: How Does Oregon Determine Medically Stationary Status?

Eugene, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To determine medically stationary status in Oregon, state statutes spell out what must be present. The following breaks down the requirements. In Oregon, a worker is medically stationary in the following […]
Do You Know the Rule? Exceptions to ‘Coming and Going Rule’ in La.
Do You Know the Rule? Exceptions to ‘Coming and Going Rule’ in La.

New Orleans, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Louisiana, as in other states, when an employee is injured while traveling to and from work, the injury is considered not to have occurred within the course of employment. […]