Should worker receive permanent disability for his asthma?
It’s a fact: Dust, temperature and humidity factor into asthma attacks. But how can you tell if asthma is an ongoing disability?
Workers' Compensation
Was fitness/safety test discriminatory?
A company required a female employee to take a physical strength test before returning to work after an injury. Was it a valid test of the employee’s ability to perform her job safely, or was it gender discrimination?
Can she really just sit at home and collect comp?
In some states, when workers are placed on permanent partial disability, it’s expected that injured employees will make a “good-faith effort” to find alternate employment they can perform. However, one state court just found a reason to overturn that 15-year precedent and allow a worker to keep collecting.
Labor Day and safety: As economy recovers, keep workers safe
One of the reasons why worker fatalities decreased in 2008 was because fewer people were working, according to a government report. As the economy recovers, more people will return to work – people who will need safety training.
Planning for pandemic swine flu: New recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released updated guidance that recommends action non-healthcare employers should take against swine (H1N1) and seasonal flu during the fall and winter of 2009-2010.
Helpful Safety Information
American Industrial Hygiene Assoc American Society of Safety Engineers Chemical Safety Board Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Federal Register: OSHA items Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report MSHA National Safety Council NIOSH NIOSH Fatality Narratives OSH Review Commission OSHA OSHA FAQs Swine flu info from CDC Workers’ comp insider
Employer surveillance ‘harmed’ employee, says court
Have you ever been suspicious of a workers’ comp claim? Be careful. A recent ruling appears to draw an important — and, in this case, expensive — distinction between “reasonable” and what you might call “reflexive” suspicion.
Employer surveillance ‘harmed’ employee, court awards 1 million
Have you ever been suspicious of a workers’ comp claim? Be careful. A recent ruling appears to draw an important — and, in this case, extremely expensive — distinction between “reasonable” and what you might call “reflexive” suspicion.
Is OSHA broken? Yes, says Obama’s nominee to head agency
Does OSHA work for working people? No way, says David Michaels — the man President Obama will nominate to run the agency.
