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Legislation to expand workers’ compensation benefits to include post-traumatic stress disorder for firefighters, paramedics, EMTs and other first...
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A divided appeals court Friday upheld a decision to deny workers’ compensation insurance benefits to a hospital housekeeper who tested positive for…
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The state Department of Financial Services announced Wednesday it intends to pay $195,000 to the Workers Compensation Research Institute to study how…
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The workers’ compensation system and the injured workers it serves are not immune from the nation’s opioid crisis, according to the National Council on…
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The widow of a construction worker who was struck and killed by a truck should be able to receive workers’ compensation insurance benefits, despite the…
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More than half of the disputed workers’ insurance compensation bills sent to a panel for review last year were either withdrawn or tossed out because…
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Josh Vandegrift was just starting a 24-hour shift for the Cocoa Fire Department on Florida’s Space Coast when the call came in: A pedestrian had been hit…
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Florida legislators passed a bill this week that would make first responders eligible for workers compensation if they are diagnosed with post-traumatic…
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Meeting in a rare Saturday session, the Florida Senate approved revamping regulations for payday loans and supported expanding workers’ compensation...
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A Florida bill to assist first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder has found new life in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman…