Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When most of the population uses "ground rules," they're probably referring to a game, competition, or terms of engagement in some way. However, when the workers' compensation community in Virginia uses […]

Eugene, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Do you feel like your work has gotten harder lately? Maybe it has, but that's not the same as "work hardening" in a workers' compensation context. To understand what it means, […]

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Under Pennsylvania’s exclusive remedy rule, employees who are injured on the job are generally limited to seeking compensation through the workers’ compensation act. If the employer has workers’ compensation coverage, the […]

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 […]

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Pennsylvania, when deciding whether an injury “arises out of employment,” courts apply the “positional-risk test.”  General Standard for Compensability  A Pennsylvania worker who suffers an accidental injury "arising out of […]

Boise, ID (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Anyone who reads cases or watches a little Court TV has come across the phrase "burden of proof." In an Idaho workers' compensation case, the burden of proof is on the […]

Las Vegas, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- For those who checked out Chris Parker's Nov. 2 What Do You Think feature, you ran into a helping of the "odd lot" doctrine in Nevada. So just what does […]

Santa Fe, NM (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When a worker's injury isn't physical or apparent, it often can be tough to understand. A good first step might be to get a handle on the vocabulary, and here […]