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An Evidence Constraint

Florida Workers' Comp

See Who is the Employer? The bill is of interest in the workers' compensation community because we have a fair number of opportunities to examine the "employer/employee relationship" in the context of various statutory sections. The application of workers' compensation in Florida is dependent upon that employment relationship.

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Moments that Matter

Florida Workers' Comp

I recently ran across a fantastic retrospective published in 2018 by Time, " The 25 Moments From American History That Matter Right Now. " I find these ten notable and foundational to workers' compensation in the 21st century. The injured worker and employer alike have benefitted from workers' compensation, and yet also been burdened.

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Workers Compensation and Occupational Safety and Health Challenges

AssuredPartners

Workers compensation is a state-level social insurance program that provides financial, medical, and rehabilitation benefits to workers who sustain job-related injuries or illnesses. Employers felt that workers were harmed by poor coordination between different safety, wellness, and benefit programs within employers.

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US Supreme Declines to Review Medical Marijuana Reimbursement Issue

Workers' Compensation

5, supra (noting 2018 change to CSA definition of marijuana), and continues to consider more expansive approaches; indeed, shortly after the Court issued its invitations in these cases, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would remove marijuana from the CSA’s list of controlled substances altogether.” 801 et seq.,

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US Supreme Court to Conference Medical Marijuana Preemption Case

Workers' Compensation

5, supra (noting 2018 change to CSA definition of marijuana), and continues to consider more expansive approaches; indeed, shortly after the Court issued its invitations in these cases, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would remove marijuana from the CSA’s list of controlled substances altogether.” 801 et seq.,

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Does workers’ compensation cover the full cost of a funeral for a work-related death?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Every workers’ compensation system provides certain payments in the event of a work-related death of a worker. The expectation that workers’ compensation insurance will cover the full cost of a funeral and burial of an injured worker, however, is not the reality in all jurisdictions. but no statutory maximum.

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The 1972 Commission Report re 1935

Florida Workers' Comp

The panel at the United States Department of Labor was focused specifically on half of the Grand Bargain, asking " Is the Workers’ Compensation System Serving Injured Workers? ” Law professor Emily Spieler , Northwestern University School of Law was included, as was workers compensation attorney Alan Pierce. Sighinolfi).