Helmet Sensors Measure Brain Injuries on the Job
High-tech sensors are being used inside helmets to protect soldiers and professional athletes from work injuries such as traumatic brain injuries. The sensors measure the impact from blows to the head...
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Stone Cutter Injuries and Landscaping Accidents a Spring Risk in Atlanta
With summer approaching, many people will be hiring landscapers to do stonework. Stone cutters and splitters who do this type of work may find themselves busier during the summer rush as a result. OSHA...
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Obama Administration Proposed Social Budget Cut Places More Stress on...
It has been reported that the Obama Administration will soon propose budgetary cuts in social welfare programs. Those cuts may produce further economic stress on the nation's financially beleaguered...
View ArticleReading to Challenge Your Tax Thinking
Alberto Alemanno, Is There a Role for Cost-Benefit Analysis Beyond the Nation-State?: Lessons from International Regulatory Co-operation, in The Globalization of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environment...
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Jobless Rate in Schuylkill County Drops
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry released its monthly report this week with good news for Schuylkill County: the jobless rate dropped one full percentage point to 9.1 in February....
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Five snips on workplace harassment (plus a bonus)
Five quick ones from the harassment world, plus a "bonus track" involving our old friends Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer. This is sexual harassment? On what planet? Employment Law360 (paid...
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Westphal Is About Value
Five states, including California and Florida, have 104 week caps (with some exception) to temporary total disability indemnity benefits.A 3 member panel of the Florida 1st District Court of Appeals...
View ArticleWorkSafe Victoria Unveils Effort To Get Injured Workers Back To Work
New Effort to Assist Injuried Workers Back to Work Knowing that workers are happiest when they are working and providing for their families, WorkSafe Victoria (Australia) recently unveiled a sizable...
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Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration News
Please click the following links for recent news stories from the Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: U.S. Department of Transportation Orders Shutdown of...
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Pennsylvania Employer Failed to Require Flame-Resistant Clothing for Natural...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited J.R. Resources, a natural gas producer and operator, with eight safety and health violations at its Ringgold...
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Using A Vocational Rehabilitation Expert To Help Prove Industrial Disability
As I have talked about in other posts, and at our website, there are two main categories of injuries in the Iowa Workers' Compensation System: 1. Scheduled Injuries. 2. Unscheduled-Industrial...
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Pain of Federal Furloughs Still to Come
Many people thought the federal spending cuts that began on March 1 would mean interruption of government services for the public. Although there have been delays and cutbacks on furloughs, experts say...
View ArticleSuccession Law Through an Economic Lens
Kelly, Daniel B., Toward Economic Analysis of the Uniform Probate Code, 45 Univ. of Mich. J. of Law Reform 855 (2012), available at SSRN.Paula MonopoliIn his article, Toward Economic Analysis of the...
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Medical Fraud: Physician Self-Referral Continuing to be an Issue
While the Federal government (The Stark Law) was been targeting physician self-referral programs for enforcement in Medicare, a recent report suggests that the procedure is continuing unabated in the...
View ArticleIcy Roads Cause Multiple Fatal Car Accidents in Illinois
Several fatalities on Illinois roads have resulted from recent icy conditions. Four high school friends died when their car skidded out of control on a bridge and plunged into an icy creek in rural...
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Did The Westphal Court Get It Right?
On Friday I said that what the First District Court of Appeals in Florida was saying in the Westphal case was that the "value" in the workers' compensation promise to injured workers was missing. The...
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Truckers are often entitled to benefits from multiple states.
Today's post comes from guest author Rod Rehm from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.Truckers are frequently entitled to benefits from multiple states for an injury. Each state sets rules for applying its...
View ArticleBullying Not Limited to Workplace or Playground
Posted in workplace safetyI recently received an inquiry from a student about working through the challenges caused and exacerbated by her bullying professor, because unfortunately, bullying has never...
View ArticleReversing A Century Of Progress – Are We Back In Upton Sinclair’s Jungle?
Posted in Doctors And MedicalgovernmentWorkers CompensationMany workers no longer have paid sick days. Today’s post comes from guest author Rod Rehm from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. Health Care Is Just...
View ArticleFactory Fires in Pakistan Are A Painful Reminder Of Safety Oversights
Posted in GovernmentSafety Rulesworkplace safetyA recent fire at a Pakistani garment factory is reminiscent of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire Today’s post comes from guest author Leonard Jernigan...
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