An employee is injured while playing volleyball. He files for workers’ comp, saying it was part of his job. His employer disagrees, saying it wasn’t part of his tasks. Does the employee in this case get comp?
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Tags: recreational activity, volleyball injury, Workers' comp
Imagine this. A machine in your workplace has a sharp blade that chops things. Do you really have to tell employees not to stick their hands near the blade when the machine is running?
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Tags: common sense, machine guard, warning sign, Workers' comp
Most companies have all the work-related hazards they need, thank you. They see no need to introduce additional hazards not normally associated with whatever work is involved. But one company’s unusual gimmick has set the stage for what promises to be an interesting workers’ comp decision.
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Tags: chimp attack, hazards, Workers' comp
If one of your employees was injured in an exercise class, you wouldn’t expect that to be covered by workers’ comp. But that’s not how one court saw it.
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Tags: employee injured at gym, exercise class, Workers' comp
Good news for employers in one state: Your workers’ comp insurance rates are going down. But that’s not all the information released. A new report also details who files for comp more often and why.
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Workers’ comp boards and courts draw a fine line between what is and what isn’t a work-related injury that qualifies for benefits. See if you can guess how the court ruled in this case:
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Tags: climbing into truck, ruptured tendon, shipping yard, tractor trailer, Workers' comp
A man has been sent to prison after using money he received for a workplace accident to deal crack cocaine.
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Imagine this: An employee, who happens to be morbidly obese, is injured at work. Doctors say, before he has surgery to correct the workplace injury, he needs weight-loss surgery.
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Tags: lap-band surgery, morbid obesity, weight-loss surgery, Workers' comp, workplace injury
It’s true: Managers can find comp fraud by viewing employees’ social networking Web pages.
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Tags: Dollar Tree, fraud, Workers' comp
Imagine this: A company sponsors a Family Fun night of bowling for its employees and their families to improve morale. One employee injures his back while bowling. Does he get workers’ comp because this was an employer-sponsored event?
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Tags: back injury, improve morale, Workers' comp
Imagine this: A company sponsors a Family Fun night of bowling for its employees and their families to improve morale. One employee injures his back while bowling. Does he get workers’ comp because this was an employer-sponsored event?
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An employee says she was harassed at work, and that caused her “mental injury.” She applied for workers’ comp payments.
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Tags: anxiety and stress, doctors' opinions, harassed, mental injury, Workers' comp
In most cases when an illegal immigrant is injured at a U.S. company, courts have ruled in favor of giving workers’ comp benefits. One state is trying to put a stop to that.
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Tags: illegal immigrants, injured, legislation, South Carolina, Workers' comp
A story that vividly illustrates at least three points:
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Tags: exclusive remedy, eye injury, jury, worker, Workers' comp
An employee helps a co-worker get a stuck bag of chips out of a workplace vending machine and in the process fractures his hip. Does he get workers’ comp or not?
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An employee helps a co-worker get a stuck bag of chips out of a workplace vending machine and in the process fractures his hip. Does he get workers’ comp or not?
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Tags: fractured hip, good Samaritan doctrine, personal comfort doctrine, snack machine, Workers' comp
No question about this: Workers’ Compensation covers medical treatment for employees injured on the job. However, does a home security system qualify as medical treatment?
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Tags: anxiety, home security system, insomnia, traumatic brain injury, Workers' comp
When employees get injured at work, they can’t sue because workers’ comp is their “exclusive remedy,” right? That’s not the case if a company is found to have intentionally allowed employees to be harmed, as this case shows.
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Was an employee’s skin condition caused or simply aggravated by contact with chemicals at work? The distinction played an important part in this workers’ comp case.
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Tags: chemicals at work, psoriasis, Workers' comp
Who has more work during the down economy? A lawyer who represents people injured on the job expects he may be getting more work.
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Tags: cutting corners with safety, Workers' comp, workplace injuries
A new study has quantified what you may already have suspected: Obese employees can drive up a company’s workers’ comp costs.
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Why is it important for employers to explain to employees how workers’ comp insurance works? Because if employers don’t provide explanations, lawyers looking for business will.
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Tags: Lawsuits, lawyers, Workers' comp
Ever need to show upper management that safety saves money? One employer recently quantified the savings realized after putting more emphasis on workplace safety.
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Tags: inspections, safety classes, safety saves money, training, Workers' comp
A woman who claims she was disabled by a co-worker’s perfume can move forward with her workers’ comp lawsuit.
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Tags: perfume, permanently disabled, smoking, Workers' comp
Ever come across an unusual workers’ comp claim?
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Tags: breast implants, car crash, Workers' comp
To some employees, collecting workers’ comp looks better than collecting unemployment.
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Tags: recession, unemployment, Workers' comp
A worker injured at a construction site sued his employer. The company said it couldn’t be sued because workers’ comp is the exclusive remedy for injured workers.
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Tags: contractor, court, injured, Workers' comp
In light of a recent court decision, you might be paying workers’ comp for employees who are injured while they’re on break.
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Tags: court decision, injury, Workers' comp
A new report shows workers’ comp reform laws in two states have brought down premiums significantly.
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Tags: California, Florida, Workers' comp
An employee was injured on the job and received workers’ comp. However, his employer appealed the decision because urine tests showed he’d been using an illegal drug before the incident.
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Tags: drug test, illegal drug, Workers' comp
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