What Do You Think? Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits due to COVID-19 sometimes seek to extend those benefits based on symptoms of “long-COVID.”  It can be hard for doctors to objectively […]

Glossary Check Bangor, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Starting a new job often comes with the rite of passage that is a drug test. If you were in the State of Maine, would you know what the […]

What Do You Think? Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When an employee sues for FMLA retaliation, one of the biggest hurdles she must clear is showing that her exercise of FMLA rights caused her employer to […]

Case File Brooklyn, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In New York, when a workplace injury is caused by an employee’s intoxication, the injury may not be compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act. A case involving an employee […]

Case File A New York worker couldn't make ends meet, but as Simply Research subscribers know from the full text of her case, that didn't mean she fit the bill for "extreme financial hardship" in […]

Clark, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What happens in the Garden State when a dispute arises over a claim of compensation? Simply Research subscribers know, but the highlights follow. Who can Submit? In case of a dispute […]

Glossary Check Under Maryland workers' compensation law, as Simply Research subscribers know, “sociological information” means: (1) Social Security number; (2) Personal phone number; (3) Personal email address; and (4) Date of birth. Rules on Custodians […]

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As an employer or workers’ compensation carrier in New York, when should you fight a COVID-19-related claim, and when should you not? A case involving a worker who drove sick […]