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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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New York Expands its Workers’ Compensation Law to Extend Workplace-Related PTSD Coverage to All Employees

The most recent amendment to New York’s Workers’ Compensation Law, which went into effect on January 1, 2025, permits any employee to seek workers’ compensation benefits when they experience a “mental injury premised upon...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Sixth Circuit Says PTSD Related to Miscarriage Can Serve as Protected ADA Disability

When reviewing an employee’s request for accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers sometimes develop tunnel vision when deciding whether the claimed medical condition constitutes a protected ADA...more

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Labor Letter, July 2013: Updated Psychiatric Manual May Pose New Challenges for Employers

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Suppose a shy and awkward employee who just performed badly in a customer presentation brings a note from his doctor diagnosing “Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder” and asks not to have to meet with customers again as...more

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