Workers Compensation News Description
Pfizer Inc's plant in Kalamazoo County, Mich., has won a state award for workplace safety. The 3,600-employee pharmaceutical plant received the Michigan Voluntary Protection Programs [...]
This is an old story, but interesting nonetheless as we consider the issues of workplace safety and employer negligence. Companies that violate workplace safety rules [...]
The Supreme Court in West Virginia is considering two cases that could have longstanding impact on how workers' compensation claims in the state are handled [...]
Part 2 of the Las Vegas Sun series on construction worker deaths along the Las Vegas Strip shows that the state's Occupational Health and Safety [...]
Former employees of La-Z-Boy, the Minneapolis-based furniture manufacturer, have filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the company, alleging that they were fired shortly after being [...]
Nebraska's governor has vetoed a bill that would have provided workers' compensation benefits for emergency services personnel who suffer mental trauma on the job after [...]
The New Jersey workers' compensation system goes under the microscope during a special hearing before the Senate Labor Committee. The Committee is convening in response [...]
An Ohio man disabled by years of asbestos exposure has won his workers' compensation battle against DuPont in the state's Supreme Court. Ferrall Limle worked [...]
Employers Who Violate Safety Laws Can Face Criminal Penalties When a worker is killed on the job, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (or a [...]
Insurers providing workers' compensation insurance in Massachusetts have asked for a 2.3 percent rate increase. Workers' compensation rates in Massachusetts were last revised in September [...]
