JD Supra

Claimant’s Receipt of Administrative Time While Out Due to COVID-19 is Not Payment in Lieu of Workers’ Compensation Benefits

In November 2020, the claimant, a police officer, was out of work for a physical injury. He returned to restricted-duty work on November 3, 2020, where he stayed in the office and did paperwork. The ...
Gotham Gazette

Essential Workers Continue to Struggle for Covid-Related Workers' Comp and Death Benefits

Eight months into the coronavirus outbreak in New York, frontline workers and their families continue to struggle to receive workers' compensation and death benefits for covid-related injuries ...
JD Supra

Commonwealth Court Affirms Denial of COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Claim by Police Officer: E-Time Payments Not Evidence of Employer Liability

The claimant contends that he contracted COVID-19 in the line of duty. Following his diagnosis, he was hospitalized, fell into a coma and later underwent extensive rehabilitation. During this time, he ...
Women's Wear Daily

Stage Stores Furloughs Workers, Cuts Executive Compensation Due to COVID-19

Stage Stores Inc. will temporarily close all 738 of its stores beginning Monday night, furloughing most of its workers and cutting its executive leadership’s pay. The off-price department store had ...
Forbes

How Grocery Workers Are Still Bearing The Scars Of Covid-19

Supermarket workers hold placards in protest in front of a Food 4 Less supermarket in Long Beach, California. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) A new survey examines the experiences of frontline ...
Business Wire

CWCI: Long COVID Accounts for Three Quarters of California Workers’ Comp COVID Claim Payments

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Only one out of every 21 California workers’ compensation COVID-19 claims from accident years (AY) 2020-2022 involved medical treatment beyond 90 days from the injury ...
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Workers in Pennsylvania affected by coronavirus may be eligible for compensation benefits

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Secretary of Labor & Industry announced that Pennsylvania workers impacted by COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, may be eligible for Unemployment and Workers' Compensation ...