Where an employee suffered an amputation of a finger when his Kevlar glove became entangled in one of the rotating machines at his employer’s facility, in spite of the fact that the employer had a safety rule, which the employee acknowledged he... Read More

A federal district court, construing Illinois law, held in relevant part that a plaintiff had failed to make out a prima facie case of retaliatory discharge where her firing occurred some four years after she had filed her workers' compensation claim... Read More

In maintaining a retaliatory discharge claim against the former employer, it is not enough, held a New York appellate court, to show close proximity between the filing of a workers’ compensation claim and the termination of employment where the... Read More

An employer who waited 10 months after an employee’s work-related injury to fill the position and who offered the employee a number of positions when she sought post-recovery employment did not discriminate against the employee “solely because”... Read More

By Karen Koenig, Associate General Counsel, Longshore Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. BRB Personnel News The membership of the Benefits Review Board has changed quite a bit in the past year. Judge Betty Jean Hall, who has been... Read More

Larson's Spotlight on Marijuana Use, Attorney’s Fee, Medical Benefits, Post-Injury Termination, and Inmate Injury. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's... Read More

Larson's Spotlight on Average Weekly Wage, Attorney’s Fee, Co-Worker Violence, Retaliation, and Heart Attack. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's... Read More