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Could Social Worker Attacked by Family Dog get Benefits for Trauma?
Could Social Worker Attacked by Family Dog get Benefits for Trauma?

What Do You Think? New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Injured employees in New York may be able to obtain workers’ compensation benefits for a psychological injury. But they’ll have to meet the correct standard, as […]
Election Workers Prepare for Violence on Election Night
Election Workers Prepare for Violence on Election Night

Cobb County, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – After months of preparation, election officials in Cobb County, Ga., are readying their workers with handheld radios and panic buttons. Fears of an escalation in violence during election night prompted […]
New FTA Rule will Protect Rail Transit Workers, Officials Say
New FTA Rule will Protect Rail Transit Workers, Officials Say

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - A new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will make transit workers safer, officials said. The first-of-its-kind rule establishes minimum standards for rail transit agencies […]
Long Island Conductors, Employees Sue Transit Agency over Lack of Protections from Attacks
Long Island Conductors, Employees Sue Transit Agency over Lack of Protections from Attacks

Labor Landscape Long Island, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Seven current and former employees with the Long Island Rail Road have sued the transit agency over on-the-job attacks. The six conductors and one station cleaner filed suit […]
TV Reporter Injured at Campaign Event
TV Reporter Injured at Campaign Event

Kansas City, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) – A TV news reporter was struck by a candidate’s bullet Tuesday while covering a campaign event. KSHB reporter Ryan Gamboa was covering a shooting range event for Democrat Lucas Kunce […]
Journalists Face Threats across U.S.
Journalists Face Threats across U.S.

Survey data released this month by the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) unveils high levels of harassment and physical violence against reporters nationally.  The report notes that most of the staggering threats come when reporters […]
Did ‘Severe’ Drunkenness Render Fall from Ladder Non-Compensable?
Did ‘Severe’ Drunkenness Render Fall from Ladder Non-Compensable?

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 […]
Hawaiian Wendy’s Employee Dead after Customer Stabbing
Hawaiian Wendy’s Employee Dead after Customer Stabbing

Honolulu, HI (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 22-year-old Wendy’s employee is dead after being stabbed by a customer of the restaurant where he worked. Kashka Otto, of Honolulu, died after a confrontation with 60-year-old Reynaldo Cheney, officials […]