Employers should know their liability in case an injury on the job occurs, especially as these lines continue to be blurred with the emergence of independent contractors in the workplace. By 2020, ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

When workers suffer injuries on the job, or sustain illness or injury away from the job that result in absence from work, in some cases disability or workers' compensation benefits are available.

Good news for business golfers: Those who play golf with a client or a vendor for business reasons are covered by workers' compensation if an injury happens, an appeals court has ruled. But workers ...

Every state but Texas requires all businesses to carry a form of workers' compensation coverage. The coverage available includes workers' compensation insurance, self-administered and self-funded ...

In most states, if you employ any staff, you are required to have workers’ compensation insurance, which is a specific type of business insurance that covers costs associated with on-the-job injuries ...

Workers' compensation premiums for small businesses depend on several factors, but some are within your control. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

The Colorado Supreme Court underscored on Monday that employees who are injured on the job in a vehicle accident by a third party are able to pursue workers' compensation in addition to insurance ...

A new study by Monash Public Health and Preventive Medicine has found that many injured workers develop a “secondary psychological injury” not from the original incident, but from prolonged ...