The majority in a 2-1 split Commonwealth Court decision determined that a workers' compensation judge's review of a claimant's impairment rating evaluation should have taken into account work ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

What seemed like a simple story has become much more complicated, and we need your help. In 2017, the chief actuary of the main insurance industry rate-setting corporation for workers' compensation ...

Cuiellette v. City of Los Angeles (April 22, 2011) cautions employers that when an employee has been rated as 100% disabled for workers’ compensation purposes, the employer is not relieved of its ...

If you experience an injury at work, the amount of compensation you receive depends on which impairment rating system is used, according to research from McMaster University and the Netherlands. The ...

Workers' compensation insurance protects your employees and your business when someone is injured on the job. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

CHAPEL HILL -- A study of settlement decisions in workers' compensation claims for low back pain has found almost no relationship between the rating of the disability's severity when the claim was ...

Workers’ compensation (WC) insurance is designed to protect employees who suffer work-related injuries or illnesses and offer crucial support during times of need. However, there is a darker side to ...

Fractures, rotator cuff tears, labral tears and impingements are some of the most common shoulder injuries that workers suffer on the job. If your employee suffers a shoulder injury on the job, she ...

For marine contractor Dutra Group, the $8.9-million pier substructure repair project put out to bid by the Port of San Francisco last year fit precisely in the company’s sweet spot. As did other ...