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Florida Workers' Comp

In March 2022, I was honored to speak (briefly) at the Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) conference in Boston, see Friends, Romans, countrymen, lendme your ears (March 2022). However, society has moved on and "workers" today is more more acceptable; our workplaces are more diverse, vibrant, and inclusive.

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Alaska Commission May Not Determine Scope of Treatment for Chiropractor

The Workcomp Writer

The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Commission has no jurisdiction to determine the scope or limits of chiropractic practice, held the state’s Supreme Court recently in State v. That question was not for the Workers’ Compensation Commission. API appealed to the Commission, which affirmed. White , 2023 Alas.

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SC High Court Stresses that with Discretionary Issues Commission Must Actually Use Discretion

The Workcomp Writer

Ironically, the Supreme Court based its reasoning upon a Court of Appeals decision properly rendered on the same issue approximately one year after that same lower court had affirmed the commission’s summary dismissal of the appeal in the instant case. Proffitt sought commission review of the order. 67-705(H)(4).

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Organisations need to address the rising problem of workplace sickness

Workplace Insight

The think tank’s analysis reveals that the annual hidden cost of employee sickness has surged by £30 billion since 2018. The report highlights that UK workers, compared to their counterparts in other OECD and European countries, are among the least likely to take sick days but are most likely to work through illness. days in 2018.

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West Virginia Tops the Nation in Workplace Sexual Harassment Claims

HR Digest

Workplace sexual harassment remains a pervasive issue in the United States, with West Virginia leading the nation in claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). charges filed per 100,000 residents between 2018 and 2021.

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Alabama Court Applies Successive-Compensable-Injury Test to Non-Work-Related Accident

The Workcomp Writer

On October 4, 2018, Arnold was involved in a non-work-related motor vehicle accident. Victoryland subsequently filed a petition to be relieved of liability for future medical expenses, arguing that the 2018 accident was an intervening and superseding cause of Arnold’s lower back problems. 2d 1080 (Ala. 611, 328 S.E.2d

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Awards and Memories

Florida Workers' Comp

In the spring of 2018, I penned a piece regarding the Forum. In 2018 Forum Recap and Professionalism (April 2018) ; 2015 Frierson-Colling Professionalism Award (2015), I had the chance to discuss professionalism and The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Section's efforts to recognize it in their members. Not so much.