A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents conclusions about Long-term COVID diagnosis, sympt...

The definition of “disability” can be complicated in various occupational statutes. In a Law Against Discrimination [LAD] N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to...

While most people who develop COVID-19 fully recover, it is estimated that 10–20% go on to develop what is now known as long COVID. This con...

The residuals of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV2 virus) are many. Claimants will need to prove that the residuals that they have sustained are causally ...

Important workers’ compensation legislation is quickly advancing as the current 2018-2019 legislative session comes to a close. A bill incr...

Today's guest author is  Jon Rehm, Esq . of the Nebraska bar. Recently three injured workers were honored at the Comp Laude Gala put ...

Change is coming to the Social Security Disability program based upon the The 2016 Trustees Report that was published this week. It projects...

One of the basic tenants of workers' compensation is that awards maybe reviewed and modified where the medical status has changed.1 The...

The increase in disability claims in the US is reported in today's post shared from npr.org In the past three decades, the numb...

The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that the Federal Register published two final rules to improve hiring and employment of ve...

Social Security Administration Improper Disability Insurance Payments Click here to listen SSA's DI program is the nation...

The Social Security Administration turns down many worthy applicants when they first apply. ...

Today's post was shared by Legal Newsline and comes from legalnewsline.com DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar this week filed a...

Aging and "late life disability" is an an increasing trend. Injured workers' are surviving longer making total disability cla...

The newly enacted Oklahoma "Opt-Out" workers' compensation system  has been urged by reformers as an effort to provide a more ...

Today's post comes from guest author Susan C. Andrews from Causey Law Firm.      We get many calls from folks who have been off work...

Setting standards for the assessment of psychiatric criteria in workers' compensation claims has been a major challenge. Subjective crit...

A new blog, Washington Workers' Advisor , has been launched to provide information about law, policy and safety in the workplace. Jay ...

A NJ Appellate Court upheld that a trial judge's ruling that a decision of the Social Security Administration awarding total disability ...

Universally workers' compensation temporary disability benefits are set calculating wages at the time of the accident. If an employer mi...