While public health officials are urging masks in Los Angeles, New York City and other areas, employers across the U.S. might encourage employees to stay home if they are not feeling well and are symptomatic, recommend experts.
It is best practice to have policies in place so that if you are ever faced with a claim for workers' compensation benefits, you can limit exposure as much as possible.
Sixty-three percent of respondents say challenges due to the shift from in-person to remote and hybrid work has led to a willingness to invest more in EX.
Review allowable defenses for denying workers' comp claims for injuries arising from willful misconduct and deviations from the scope of employment in Georgia's no-fault workers' comp system.
From sophisticated cyberattacks and deepfakes to social inflation and a plethora of pandemic-related business interruption claims, insurers have had a busy year.
From a dentist who killed his wife on safari to a doctor who performed unnecessary back surgeries to a homeowner who set his own homes on fire, these fraudsters are shameless.
The employer asserted the "positive work order" defense, which required proof that there was a specific policy in place, the claimant knew about the employer's policy, and that the claimant's conduct at the time of injury removed the claimant from the course of employment.