by Kelia Scott | Aug 26, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted a study on workplace health promotion programs (WHPPs) and found that just under half of employees have access to them and among those who do have access, just about half utilize them. The...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 20, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Supreme Court of Tennessee held that a worker’s psychological injuries were attributed to an assault at his workplace and were compensable. Christopher Tidwell worked as a youth service officer for the Natchez Trace Youth Academy in Waverly, Tennessee. On June 28,...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 19, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A study out from the University of Texas at Austin linked the amount of sessions of physical therapy that injured workers go through with the amount of time they take off work for recovery. They found that injured workers who take time off work to recover and who...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 19, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A California roofer was sentenced to a year in prison and was ordered to pay restitution to the California State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) for underreporting payroll and failing to pay workers’ comp insurance premiums. District Attorney Gregory D. Totten...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 15, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
In a case from the South Carolina Supreme Court it was determined that an auto-insurer cannot reduce their obligation to pay no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) insurance benefits to an insured who has already received workers’ comp benefits to cover their...
