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We’ve written in the past about ways that changes to workers’ compensation laws have been hurting injured workers. Now let’s talk about how some Texas companies are voluntarily changing things for the better. Co...
read moreIf you have suffered injury at work and your medical provider has told you that you should not be working with your injury, you may wonder what your options are for covering your expenses during your lost time. Dependin...
read moreFive months ago, the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation established a new in-house fraud unit to investigate fraud within the workers’ comp system. Since then, it has opened over 40 investigations and has expand...
read moreCould Texas be doing more to protect injured workers? As of 2014, Texas had the highest rates of worker fatalities for seven of the previous 10 years. And unfortunately, the laws have changed over time in ways that bene...
read moreInjuries on the job hurt – both physically and financially. Fortunately, through the Texas Workers Compensation Act, workers are able to receive financial and medical support to help them through their treatment and re...
read moreThere are roughly 3.5 million injuries and illnesses that occur in the workplace each year in the U.S. A study from the University of Texas in Dallas gathered data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual Survey of ...
read moreRecently, the Oklahoma Supreme Court decided to strike down opt-out provision from the state’s workers’ compensation law. An “opt-out” provision allows employer to refuse to participate in the state’s workers�...
read moreA Texas workplace accident that seriously injured seven workers occurred at Sunoco Logistics Terminal, a southeast crude oil storage facility. According to a lawsuit filed by several employees, they were instructed to co...
read moreEarlier this year, the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspected Tyson Foods in Dallas after a worker sustained an amputation injury while attempting to remove chicken parts...
read moreThree workers are currently in a hospital recovering from a horrifying workplace accident that occurred at a Church’s Chicken in Livingston, Texas. The floor collapsed beneath the three workers and the grease from the ...
read moreLast month, two Texas wastewater treatment plant employees fell unconscious while repairing a pipe valve that had been leaking sludge the basement. While the two were semi-conscious during the rescue, one of the workers ...
read moreIt seems the ExxonMobil refinery in Beaumont, Texas is under scrutiny because since 2013, at least one person has died in a fatal workplace accident every year. This year’s victim was a contract worker who was struck b...
read moreIn March, the Austin Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 phone call about an overturned lawnmower in a ditch. When they arrived on the scene, they discovered that a 25-year-old landscaping worker had been thrown into ...
read moreAn injured worker recently settled with her company that had previously denied her workers’ compensation for medical care and lost wages after she was injured on the job. She was injured while working at an Oklahoma ho...
read moreThe Workers Defense Project (WPD) received a victory this month when the Travis County Commissioners Court granted the request that would ensure Austin construction workers will receive better treatment. The court ruling...
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