EEOC Addresses When COVID-19 May Be a Disability Requiring Accommodation December 15, 2021 An applicant or employee whose COVID-19 results in mild symptoms that resolve in a few weeks—with no other consequences—will not...
Workers’ Compensation and COVID: More Data on Evolving Claims February 25, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane Workers’ compensation insurers aren’t getting the large aggregate volumes of COVID-related claims projected during the early months of the pandemic,...
It Could Have Been Worse. An Update on COVID-19 Impact on Workers’ Compensation. February 9, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson While it obviously presented challenges, 2020 is looking like it may not have been such a bad year for workers’...
Workers’ Compensation Underwriters Under the Gun to Understand Pandemic Data February 4, 2021 Workers’ compensation underwriters are about to be tested in the marketplace like never before. While the current situation is not...
REUTERS REPORT-Regulators Ignored Workers’ COVID-19 Safety Complaints Amid Deadly Outbreaks January 6, 2021 By Chris Kirkham and Benjamin Lesser Miguel Cabezola, a driver for United Parcel Service Inc. in Tucson, Arizona, complained on March 27 to U.S. workplace safety...
North Carolina Restaurant Owners, Workers Clash Over COVID Safety December 28, 2020 By Mackensy Lunsford Restaurant owners, who have seen their capacity and hours limited by government entities, are struggling to keep the doors open,...
Vast Majority of COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claims Are Small, Says NCCI October 19, 2020 By Jim Sams If COVID-19 behaves like other workers’ compensation lung and disease claims, about two out of 100 cases may result in...