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Standards Loosened for PA First Responders to Claim Workers’ Compensation for Post-Traumatic Stress Injury

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Effective Oct. 29, 2025, an amendment to the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act (Act), adopted via Pennsylvania Senate Bill 365 (Bill), will change the standard for first responders, including Emergency Medical Services...more

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Massachusetts Expands Reasons for Use of Earned Sick Time

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The Massachusetts legislature has expanded the reasons employees can use Massachusetts Earned Sick Time through provisions in a larger bill entitled, “An Act Promoting Access to Midwifery Care and Out-of-Hospital Birth...more

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New Iowa Supreme Court Decision Lowers the Causation Standard to Receive Workers’ Compensation for Purely Mental Injuries

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The Iowa Supreme Court’s recent decision in the case Tripp v. Scott Emergency Commc’n Ctr. lowers the burden required to receive workers’ compensation for many injured workers in Iowa who suffer purely mental injuries while...more

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