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Long COVID Continues as a Workplace Crisis

Workers' Compensation

trillion– on par with the 2008 recession. This level of disability also mirrors that seen in diabetes, for which $30 billion of indirect costs is spent annually on reduced employment due to disability. Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Long COVID , www. economy is $3.7 Some conditions that develop after COVID (e.g.

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Issue Commentary: Employer’s Liability for Post-Injury Medical Treatment

The Workcomp Writer

He received workers’ compensation benefits for his injury, but he ultimately filed a civil action against Precision and various co-workers, including, Strombert, who was employed by Precision as the pipeline construction site’s EMT. 2d 204, 208 (2008); emphasis added by the Supreme Court). The defendants appealed. 68, 72, 672 S.E.2d

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