Category: Workers’ Compensation

There have always been constant challenges by employers, insurance companies and the Chamber of Commerce to an injured worker’s right to receive reasonable and necessary medical treatment under the Workers’ Compensation Act.

Now, new proposed legislation not only wants to strip away existing rights to receive medical treatment but also interfere with personal privacy and interferes with the decision of health care providers who are willing to treat injured workers fairly and in a decent way.

Regulations of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on workplace noise are far weaker […]

Recently, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a very important decision expanding the definition of the term employee under Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act (“Act”): Six L’s Packing Co., v. WCAB (Williamson), PICS No. 12-1047 (2012).

In January, Pennsylvania implemented several changes to its Unemployment Compensation Law (“the Law”). Of these changes, two stood out […]

June 22, 2012 – Since 1983, the “Blue Book”: Workers’ Rights to Workers’ Compensation has been the standard reference for understanding the Workers’ Compensation Act of Pennsylvania. This handy guide clearly and concisely explains injured workers rights and responsibilities under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act. Workers have used this book to learn how Workers’ Compensation[…]