Workers' Compensation

JUNE 21, 2022

preempts a state workers’ compensation order that compels an employer to reimburse an employee for the cost of marijuana used in response to pain arising from a work-related injury.” The petitioner further argued that Minnesota’s workers’ compensation system does not facilitate access to marijuana. 801 et seq., 91-513, Tit.

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Workers' Compensation

MAY 31, 2022

preempts a state workers’ compensation order that compels an employer to reimburse an employee for the cost of marijuana used in response to pain arising from a work-related injury.” The petitioner further argues that Minnesota’s workers’ compensation system does not facilitate access to marijuana. 801 et seq., 91-513, Tit.

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HR Bartender

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Over the years, the workers’ compensation system has given the return-to-work process many names: modified duty, light duty, limited duty, alternative duty, restricted duty, stay at work program, transitional duty or transitional work. If you leave the employee at home, the insurance carrier pays them to be there.

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 5, 2022

A recent study provides a potential opportunity for employers and insurance companies to reduce their risk exposure through early sequencing and treatment proactively. Background The workers’ compensation system faces an enormous challenge in 2022 as the novel consequences of the most recent surge of SARS-CoV-2 infection engulf the nation.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

APRIL 23, 2020

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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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 16, 2023

The Court indicated that because the Board had not cited any legal authority for its conclusion, much less identify a federal statute that exposed the insurance carrier to criminal prosecution, it would vacate the Board’s determination that the reimbursement would violate federal law. It had chosen not to do so.

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