Termination for Illegal Drug use Negates Workers’ Comp Benefits
Illegal drug use can have a profound impact on your ability to obtain workers compensation benefits. If you are on illegal drugs when hurt at work and if you are terminated for cause, it can have an affect on wage loss benefits. Learn more.
How Can my Workers’ Comp Wage Loss Benefits End?
You and your family rely on your workers compensation benefits – is it possible for them to end? Learn the five reasons your workers compensation benefits could end. Find out what you can do to protect your benefits today.
Pennsylvania: Workers’ Comp and Voluntary Retirement
The Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board recently overturned a decision by a Workers’ Comp judge on a suspension petition. Learn more about this case and what it could mean for your workers compensation case.
What Does a Notice of Ability to Return to Work Mean for Me?
Do you know what happens when you’ve been injured at work and receive a Notice of Ability Return to Work? Learn more about why you may be receiving this notice and what your should do upon receiving it to protect your right to benefits.
Local Business Owner Fined for Workers Compensation Violation
Joann Wildeson, of Horst & Sons Trucking Company as fined and must pay restitution charges of over $54,000 for workers compensation violation. Learn more about workers compensation rights and how the violation occurred.
PA Supreme Court Clarifies Retirement Rule in Workers’ Comp
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court clarified a recent ruling the voluntary rule as applied to workers’ compensation benefits. Learn more about the ruling results and what may mean for your workers compensation case.
PA Workers’ Comp Rates Fall Again
For the second straight year the Pennsylvania Department of Insurance announced that insurance rates for workers compensation insurance has gone down. Learn more about this reduction rate and the savings it provides for employers.
PA Workers Comp: Average Weekly Wage Adjustments for 2013
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry in early January published the new average weekly wage rates for 2013. Learn more about the rate that dictates your actual compensation rate if you are out of work due to an injury.
Treating with Your Employer’s Panel Doctor
Do you know the standard rules regarding treatment with your employers panel doctor? Your treatment with a panel doctor can impact your workers compensation case – learn the rules to protect your rights and your benefits.