Archive: Workers’ Compensation Blog

Is the coronavirus an occupational illness? Workers’ comp and employment law is notoriously complex. It is governed by a mass of complex state and federal regulations. If you have been injured on the job or contracted Covid-19, or an occupational…

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. …

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…

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…

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…