‘Essential’ Truckers Encounter New Struggles During Pandemic
While everyone has been forced to make adjustments to cope with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, few have been hit as hard as so-called “essential workers.” Health care workers, grocery stores stockers and checkers, and truckers have faced new, escalating difficulties. …
Workplace Protections Still Apply When You Work from Home
Even before the world found itself gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more people were working from home. In fact, prior to the pandemic, almost 7 percent of private sector workers were working from home, up from 5 percent…
Mental Health Treatment for First Responders
First responders are called upon in many stressful situations – including damaging weather events, gruesome traffic and school bus accidents, gun violence, and fires – every day, if not more than once a day. As a result, most first responders…
Workers’ Compensation Attorney Yost Becomes Partner in Jebaily Law Firm
Brian S. Yost became one of the Jebaily Law Firm’s four partners in January 2020, but he’s felt like part of the close-knit team since he first began working here in 2013. “It’s a true family dynamic,” said Yost, who…
South Carolina Workers’ Comp Eligibility
If you are injured while on the job, South Carolina’s workers’ compensation system can provide you with medical care, along with partial wage replacement and other benefits. Employees who are injured in the course and scope of their employment or…
