While everyone has been recovering from recent holiday events and the celebration of the New Year, plus paying the resulting bills, a few things happened in the news concerning workers. Let us start with wages. Minimum Wage Increase When Proposition 206, called the Fair Wages and Health...
Addiction to drugs, particularly pain-killer drugs known as opioids, has become a big issue nationwide in the last few years. Some of the common prescription opioids are Oxycodone, also called Oxycontin, Percodan, or Percocet; Hydrocodone, also called Vicodin, Lortab, Lorcet, Norco, or Zohydro; Morphine, Fentanyl,...
Slips and falls are the most common workplace injuries. They may not prove fatal but they account for most of the injuries that cause missed workdays. A slip and fall may result in many different injuries, such as broken bones, sprains, spinal injuries, dislocations, strains, lacerations, and even traumatic...
The short answer to whether an Arizona employer can hire an illegal or undocumented immigrant is no. It is possible that either type of immigrant may apply for a job without the employer knowing the citizenship status of the applicant and who may interview that...
Post-traumatic stress disease (PTSD) is often connected with those who are serving in the military in combat zones, who also see action during their deployment. Many can handle the various scenarios that occur during a full-out firefight, but others may have very troubling experiences, particularly...
No matter where you are found while working for your employer, if you are injured, you will still be covered under workers’ compensation. The most common away-from-work injuries occur through transportation accidents, whether it be driving trucks for transporting products and materials, flying to a...
The foremost thing is to not quit your job until you fully understand the impact of such a move on your workers’ compensation claim! Seek legal advice from a local worker’s compensation lawyer right away. Many injured workers think of quitting their jobs, after a work-related...
No one ever wants to think about death and the devastation that occurs for the family and friends connected to that worker. Yet, it can happen under even the safest conditions. Construction and heavy machine workers know that following safety regulations are paramount to staying safe...
Significant injuries sustained on the job can cause many problems, particularly if you will not be able to work at any other job again. Such injuries could include the loss of a leg, feet, hands, or severe head injuries that lead to larger brain disturbances. The...
When you are injured on the job and file a claim with your employer, you will be set up with an evaluation appointment by the workers’ compensation doctor, agreed upon by the company’s insurance group. During the evaluation, the doctor will use a checklist that...