Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A lack of parking spaces for long-haul truck drivers is causing safety issues and stress for drivers. An estimated 13 million trucks operate on U.S. highways, and there are not nearly […]

Tampa, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A former NFL wide receiver is one of several employees who were injured or killed in industrial accidents across the country over the past two weeks.   Officials said former Tampa Bay […]

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – As retailers grapple with how to protect employees from shoplifters, legislators are working on bill that would protect workers from workplace violence due to theft. Legislators in the California Assembly nixed […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – While beneficial for the management of chronic pain in certain cases, the legalization of cannabis has brought some challenges to the workplace.  Between 2010 to 2019, the rate of positive drug […]

Farmersville, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – A UPS driver and a Kroger warehouse worker are the latest casualties in American workers’ long, hot summer. In Farmersville, Texas, a UPS driver is dead after telling his supervisors he […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Earlier this year, horse racing was shocked by the suicides less than six weeks apart of two young jockeys, 23-year-old Avery Whisman and 29-year-old Alex Canchari. “It’s important for the industry […]

Chesapeake, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Chesapeake, Va.-based Dollar Tree Inc. and its subsidiary Family Dollar will pay a $1.35 million fine and make operational changes as part of its settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) –Symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) are varied, ranging from tremors, rigid muscles, and slowed movement to speech and writing changes, and impaired balance. One of the hallmarks of PD is the presence […]