Yesterday the Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation Administrators (SAWCA) announced that their Annual Conference scheduled for this summer would be an in-person event.
The working world is changing. Even before COVID-19, remote work was gaining popularity. As employees sought greater flexibility and advances in telecommuting removed barriers, some employers offered work-from-home options as an incentive to attract and retain top talent, save money and sharpen their competitive edge.
Over a year since the first shut down, and the windy road to a pre-pandemic world remains bumpy. For employers, this means responding to yet another COVID-19 occupational health concern arising from long-haul COVID-19 symptoms.
The New Jersey Supreme Court just issued a decision that requires insurers and employers to reimburse injured workers for the use of medical marijuana. In the case, lawyers for an employer argued that reimbursing for medical marijuana would in effect be ‘aiding and abetting and conspiracy liability under federal law.’
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in favor of medical cannabis patients Tuesday, voting unanimously that a construction company must pay for an injured employee’s medical cannabis bills.
It is Spring across the nation. The season’s many familiar rituals, like flowers in the field, are in full bloom. Foliage is turning green, birds are singing, bees are humming, and State Legislatures are getting down to the task once again of ‘fixing’ their workers’ comp system.
Six people were rescued near the coast of Louisiana after a commercial boat capsized about eight miles off Port Fourchon on the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Coast Guard said late Tuesday.
National Comp — the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference — is back! After a year of challenges and uncertainties, what we know for sure sure is that National Comp is the place to be this October in Las Vegas.
The COVID-19 pandemic is nearing the one-year mark in the United States, and as we learn more about the virus’s assault on the respiratory system, a new threat with potentially devastating effects on workers’ compensation payers has emerged.
In the past five years, terms such as advocacy, engagement, coaching, and even ‘whole-person approach’ have been widely discussed within workers’ compensation — for good reason.
Ever since COVID-19 made the jump from a fast-spreading virus to a full-blown pandemic, businesses and their insurers have been bracing for liability litigation.
