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Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Occupational Exposure to Cellphone Radiation

Workers' Compensation

Several studies have indicated evidence that the assumptions underlying the FCC and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection [ICNIRP] concerning exposure limits are invalid and are harmful to humans. International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF).

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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

Florida Workers' Comp

The program concludes Thursday just before lunchtime with a panel dedicated to the Report of the (1972) National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws. As I write this, I wonder whether it is this document or the Commission to which I address my Shakespearean references.

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Workers’ Compensation: What’s payroll got to do with it?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

I’ve mapped the values from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics release to illustrate the relative size of each component of employee compensation for the average hour worked by a civilian worker. What’s Reportable as Payroll for Workers’ Compensation? Note: Canadian and Australian data are not available in the same format.

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Are Workers’ Comp Insurers ready for what comes next in the COVID-19 crisis?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Rapid, accurate and consistent decisions will depend on the degree of agility workers’ compensation systems can achieve on these potentially complex cases and constrained operating environments. A special concern: Mental Injuries Workers’ compensation systems routinely accept psychological impacts as a result of injury.

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

Law § 13(a) required a workers’ compensation carrier to manufacture, distribute or possess marijuana. Justice Jabar added that there was no positive conflict between the CSA and the MMUMA because there no state law required the employer—or any person or entity—to possess, manufacture, or distribute marijuana. 3d 825 (2021)].