What Do You Think? Employers can violate state and federal law if they terminate an employee because the employee is pregnant. But the employee will have to show that the pregnancy was the reason for […]

Employers that hope to terminate an individual’s workers’ compensation benefits based on the employee’s voluntary withdrawal from the workforce need to think carefully before taking that step. Filing a petition to stop benefits could end […]

York County, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A police officer was killed and four staff members were injured after a gunman took hostages and opened fire inside a Pennsylvania hospital Feb. 22. Officials said the gunman, Diogenes […]

Quick Hits Just what exactly does subrogation mean when it comes to Pennsylvania's workers' insurance fund? Here's how law in the commonwealth spells it out. Fund Subrogation In every case where a claim is made […]

Do You Know The Rule? The general rule in Pennsylvania is that an employee cannot sue his employer for personal injury arising from his employment.  Pennsylvania’s “personal animus” exception makes it possible to sue for […]

What Do You Think? Boothwyn, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Comments and texts from supervisors can sometimes support an employee’s claim of retaliation. But as a case involving a Walmart store manager shows, the employee still needs to […]

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 […]

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 […]