January 29, 2015
How one school district prevents falls among staffThe Cambridge-Isanti Public Schools decreased falls by making stepladders easily accessible throughout its buildings.
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January 29, 2015
How one school district prevents falls among staffThe Cambridge-Isanti Public Schools decreased falls by making stepladders easily accessible throughout its buildings.
January 13, 2015
The four most effective tactics to avoid workers' compensation litigationOn-the-job injuries can cost your company time, productivity, money and even employee morale — costs that are compounded when you become engaged in a legal battle.
October 9, 2014
CEO Q&A: Company's emphasis on safety starts at the topADO Products CEO Jim Andrews talks about his company’s emphasis on employee safety.
September 30, 2014
What your employee handbook should say about workers' compensationIncorporating workers' compensation into your employee handbook shows your staff that you take work injuries seriously.
June 16, 2014
How to discipline employees who’ve experienced work injuriesSimply because an employee sustained a work injury does not excuse that employee from performing the duties and expected standards of the job.
March 7, 2014
Minnesota Supreme Court maintains status quo for PTSD claimsThe Minnesota Supreme Court affirmed that an employee’s post-traumatic stress disorder was a non-compensable mental injury under the law in effect at the time of injury.
January 3, 2014
Minnesota Supreme Court reverses appeals court's Dykhoff decisionThe 2013 Dykhoff decision provides insight into what it means for an injury to “arise out of” employment, making it eligible for workers’ compensation benefits.
December 23, 2013
Injuries while entering and leaving the workplace: A primerState law requires that employers provide safe, well-maintained and accessible routes for employees to and from their parked vehicles into their place of work.
August 26, 2013
Police officer’s mental injury might have been compensable under amended Minnesota workers’ compensation lawMinnesota law previously did not allow workers' compensation benefits for mental injuries unless they caused or were accompanied by physical injuries.
August 14, 2013
First ‘GINA’ lawsuit settled by EEOCThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) settled the first lawsuit it had filed under the federal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).
May 27, 2013
Summer can increase schools' workers' comp exposureAt schools, the summer months can present high potential for workers' compensation exposure, because wage-loss benefits can drag out longer than they would otherwise.
