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Departures and Progress

Florida Workers' Comp

He remained until the fall of 2005 and then headed off to the Circuit Court. As an office, the OJCC was then beginning a new iteration of itself, a growth from its days in Commerce, Labor and Employment Security, and a deeper history of conjunctive co-existence in the old Commissions.

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Oregon High Court Says Board’s Order Assessing Penalties Against Comp Insurer Lacked Clarity

The Workcomp Writer

The Court said that it could not determine from the board’s order if its decision had been based upon an imputed knowledge theory, under which an improper motive for the employer’s of the injured worker’s employment would have been imputed to the insurer—or under a direct knowledge theory, for which there was no evidence. 488, 113 P.3d

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Issue Commentary: NY Decision Shows That Not All “Misrepresentations” Are Sufficient to Warrant Disqualification from Future Benefits

The Workcomp Writer

Following several IMEs of claimant, the employer and its carrier alleged that claimant violated N.Y. The employer appealed. She completed a “Personal Injury Form” for her self-insured employer which stated that the accident occurred after her work shift began at 5:35 P.M., 4)(a), Fla. 4), 440.105(4)(b)1-3, Fla.

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Issue Commentary: Compensability of Injuries Sustained as a Result of Inoculations

The Workcomp Writer

Citing a 1928 decision by the state’s Supreme Court, the appellate court held that since the flu shot was not mandated by the employer, the fact that the inoculation was received at the employer’s facility, while the manager was on the clock, did not mean the injury was work-related. Walgreen Co. 2016-Ohio-8304, 2016 Ohio App.

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Issue Commentary: Direct and Natural Consequence Rule

The Workcomp Writer

The Virginia employer unsuccessfully argued that the employee’s decision to take part in the boating activity was sufficient to sever the causal link to his original injury. 2d 673 (2005), a traveling X-ray technician sustained compensable injuries to her back in a work-related auto accident. Halisky , 2023 Va. 3d 1007, 792 N.Y.S.2d

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Top Ten Priorities for Workers’ Compensation Benefit Reforms

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Workers’ compensation “reforms” are typically focused on reducing employer costs. In the US, the National Commission on State Workmen’s Compensation (1972) [available at [link] ] laid bare the disparity then present across US jurisdictions and established recommendations for the minimum standards of what workers’ compensation should provide.

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How prepared is your workplace for the week after Super Bowl?

HR Digest

This extensive feast records a downside yearly – employers lose billions of dollars on the week following big games due to poor productivity. Having followed this phenomenon since 2005, the report found that February 4, would be the largest-ever anticipated day of Super Bowl-related absenteeism.