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Nurse Who Contracted Ebola in the U.S. Sues Her Hospital Employer
Today’s post comes from guest author Jon L Gelman, from Jon L Gelman LLC. The nurse who was the first person to contract Ebola in the United States filed suit on Monday against the Dallas hospital...
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Injured Workers Suffer As ‘Reforms’ Limit Workers’ Compensation Benefits
Today’s post comes from guest author Jon L Gelman, from Jon L Gelman LLC. Dennis Whedbee, 52, lost half of his left arm in a drilling accident in North Dakota in September 2012. Several years later...
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Prevent Construction Falls: Celebrate National Safety Stand-Down This Week
Today’s post comes from guest author Rod Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. Many have heard the cliché that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and that is especially true when it...
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What can we do about shift work?
Today’s post comes from guest author Jon L Gelman, from Jon L Gelman LLC. There has been a lot of research published in the past few years around the effect of shift work and our health since the...
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I Can’t Do My Old Job, So I Qualify for Disability, Right?
Today’s post comes from guest author Roger Moore, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. It’s not uncommon for workers to expect to qualify for disability when they are unable to work in a job that they have...
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Rule Requiring Disclosure of Labor Law Violations by Federal Contractors...
President Barack Obama signs the “Fair Pay and Safe Workplace” executive order Today’s post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. A federal judge in Texas recently issued a...
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What Could You Possibly Know About Your Own Disability?
Today’s post comes from guest author Roger Moore, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. In 1991, the Social Security Administration drafted a rule that explained that controlling weight was given to medical...
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2016 Top Ten Workers’ Compensation Fraud Cases
Number Value Non-Employee Fraud Cases 10 $ 412,000,000 Employee Fraud Cases 0 $ 0 Total $ 412,000,000 Four of the top ten cases in 2016 are from perennial offender California, three from Florida, one...
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More Takeaways from the Demise of the Oklahoma Option in Workers’ Compensation
Today’s post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. The Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the so-called “Oklahoma Option” in Vasquez v. Dillard’s was one of...
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Repeal of ACA Would Undercut Doctor Choice in Workers’ Compensation Claims
Today’s post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. The repeal of the Affordable Care Act (President Barack Obama’s health care law) is a real possibility in the Trump...
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