COVID-19 workers’ compensation considerations for long-term care facilities
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Emily Windle
Sep 22, 2020
Long-term care facilities face a unique challenge right now. Elderly residents are high risk, yet employees interact with and care for them at all times. In a highly populated community, the risk of an...
A workers’ compensation success story
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Ellen Burke
Mar 03, 2017
When an injured employee is out of work, there is a potential that the injury will impact an organization’s productivity, efficiency and overtime costs.
This unfavorable worker’s comp ruling is a real Croc
By
John O'Connor
May 13, 2013
We’re hearing a lot lately about mandatory drug testing in the workplace. It appears that the Tennessee Supreme Court might be a good place to put such a requirement in place. The state’s highest...
Most back injuries are preventable — here’s how
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By Peggy Malone, B.Sc D.C.
May 24, 2011
Healthcare workers have the highest rates of back pain and often experience low back injuries associated with lifting at a rate that exceeds those for workers in construction, mining and manufacturing!...