In a decision that could have important implications for those who travel as part of their work for North Carolina employers, a state appellate court, affirming a decision of the...
NC Court Narrows State’s Traveling Employee Rule NC Court Narrows State’s Traveling Employee RuleA New York appellate court affirmed a determination by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that an employer violated N.Y. Workers’ Comp. Law § 120 — the state’s anti-retaliation statute —...
NY Employer’s Quick Firing After Employee’s Injury Was Retaliatory NY Employer’s Quick Firing After Employee’s Injury Was RetaliatoryIllustrating the narrow rule that Arkansas utilizes to determine if an injury arises out of and in the course of the employment, a state appellate court recently affirmed the denial...
On-Premises Slip and Fall Not Compensable for Arkansas Worker On-Premises Slip and Fall Not Compensable for Arkansas WorkerYesterday, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, in a case of first impression, adopted the three-part test for compensability of injuries to home-based employees described in Larson’s Workers’ Compensation...
Maryland Home-Based Worker’s Fall Outside His Home Might Be Compensable Maryland Home-Based Worker’s Fall Outside His Home Might Be CompensableWhere the State of Arizona, through its Department of Corrections, had an ongoing duty to insure that inmates received adequate health services and it contracted with an employment services provider...
Arizona Social Worker Employed At Prison May Not Sue State for Slip and Fall Injuries Arizona Social Worker Employed At Prison May Not Sue State for Slip and Fall InjuriesAn Ohio appellate court affirmed a trial court’s finding that injuries sustained by an employee when she slipped and fell while descending a stairway as she left her employer’s HR...
Ohio Employee’s Personal Delivery of FMLA Documents Was Not in Course and Scope of Employment Ohio Employee’s Personal Delivery of FMLA Documents Was Not in Course and Scope of EmploymentIn what Professor Larson would have referred to as an “upside-down” exclusivity case—where the employee tries to prove that her injuries were not covered by the applicable workers’ compensation law...
Virgin Islands: Going and Coming—Is Break Taken to Run Errands a “Lunch” Break Virgin Islands: Going and Coming—Is Break Taken to Run Errands a “Lunch” Break