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Find Solutions & Strategies November 4, 2013 |
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 Stressed out?
Workplace-Related Anxieties in Different Workplace Settings |
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| workplace-related anxieties |
 Stressed Out? Different Workplace-Related Anxieties May Predominate in Different Workplace Settings, by Teresa McLoughlin Rice, Esq. Open a newspaper, turn on the news, and there is seemingly yet another report that workers are feeling increasingly stressed. The reasons for this apparent increase are multi-faceted and the subject of much discussion and analysis. Two researchers associated with The Research Group Psychosomatic Rehabilitation at the Charité University Medicine in Berlin, decided to take a look at various workplace related anxieties and see if certain anxieties predominated in certain professions. The study, Different Workplace-Related Strains and Different Workplace-Related Anxieties in Different Professions, appears to be the first of its kind...Read more.
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larson's spotlight on recent cases: odd lot, ptsd, vessel, aww |
 Larson's Spotlight on Recent Interesting Cases, by Thomas A. Robinson, JD
WY: Injured Roustabout Fails to Prove "Odd Lot" Status. An injured roustabout was not entitled to PTD benefits under the odd lot doctrine...Read it.
WV: Hijacked Driver Wins PTSD Claim Despite Restrictive Mental-Mental Statute. The Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed an award of benefits for a PTSD injury sustained by a UPS driver who was accosted...Read it.
US: Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Spar Is Not a "Vessel"; Jones Act Claim Fails. A worker employed on "the Mad Dog," an oil and gas spar platform in the Gulf of Mexico on the Outer Continental Shelf....Read it.
TN: Regular Layoff Intervals Must Be Included in Computation of AWW. An appellate court reversed a trial court's determination of an injured employee's average weekly wage, finding that the court erred in...Read it. |
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| top 25 blogs |
 It's time to begin the selection process for the 2013 honorees of our Top 25 Blogs for Workers' Compensation and Workplace Issues. If you have any suggestions for a top blog, please send them to Robin.E.Kobayashi@lexisnexis.com no later than November 15, 2013. We'll announce our selections in a month or so.
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 Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter: Claimant Accused of Multi-Million Dollar Scam Dies From Lung Failure. Read it and other news items.
 Do That to Me One More Time...Australian Sex Case Reversed as to Course and Scope, by Cassandra Roberts, Esq., Read it.
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ENEWSLETTER ARCHIVES |
 Take a deep dive into our past eNewsletters for 2013 and prior...warning - some links to articles may not work...report any linking problems to Robin.E.Kobayashi@lexisnexis.com.
October 28, 2013: Meddlin' With Settlin'.
October 21, 2013: Workplace Wellness and Profitability.
October 14, 2013: Behind the Numbers: Workers' Comp Costs for Employers.
October 7, 2013: Workers' Comp Prescription Drug Costs.
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