October 3, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Imagine this: A worker is injured and returns to light duty work. After a while he says he “can’t stand it anymore” and asks to be laid off. Then he turns around and applies for full workers’ comp benefits. Did he get them?
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Tags: lay off, light duty, neck and back injury, partial disability benefits, total disability benefits, Workers' comp
August 4, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Did this company fire a worker for seeking medical treatment for a workplace injury, or was this a case of miscommunication? A jury made the call.
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Tags: back injury, back pain, Family Medical Leave, physical therapy, punitive damages, seek medical treatment
October 25, 2010 by Fred Hosier
See if you’ve ever experienced this one: Weeks or months after an at-work incident, an employee says, “I think I hurt myself at work.” How do you know the injury is really work-related?
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Tags: report injury late, work-related, Workers' comp
August 6, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Oh, the difficult life of a workers’ comp fraud investigator, having to track down comp recipients who are scamming the system. It’s a tough job that includes visiting places such as … strip clubs?
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Tags: injured back, strip club, workers' comp fraud
July 26, 2010 by Fred Hosier
When no one witnesses a workplace injury and the injured employee files for workers’ comp, sometimes all you have to go on is the worker’s story. The situation can become more complicated when the worker delays reporting the injury.
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Tags: back injury, credibility, no one saw injury, Workers' comp
July 19, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A worker slipped and fell, and sustained multiple injuries including one to her back. While the worker was still healing, she lost her job in a mass layoff. Does she still get comp payments?
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Tags: back injury, laid off, temporary partial disability, Workers' comp
June 11, 2010 by Fred Hosier
When workers don’t report injuries right away and then apply for workers’ comp benefits, it often raises a red flag. With conflicting testimony, these cases often come down to which side the court finds more believable.
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Tags: back injury, delayed injury report, injured back when lifting, workers' comp benefits
February 19, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A doctor cleared an injured worker for a specific light-duty job. The worker didn’t think she could do the offered job and didn’t show up for work. Did a court allow her to continue to receive workers’ comp benefits?
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Tags: back strain, light-duty job, Workers' comp
February 15, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Imagine this: A worker has surgery to insert metal plates and screws to repair damaged discs in his neck. He says his injury happened at work … when he sneezed.
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Tags: neck injury, sneeze, surgery, Workers' comp
February 8, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Whether or not the groundhog said we’d have six more weeks of winter, North America is guaranteed to have more snow this season. Who knows more about avoiding injuries when shoveling snow than the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety?
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Tags: CCOHS, lifting, shovel snow
January 18, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A worker tests positive for PCP right after he’s injured. Is he still able to collect workers’ comp benefits?
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Tags: drug use, injured worker, lifting injury, Workers' comp
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