Employers must tread carefully to avoid allegations of retaliation or wrongful termination, which can easily lead to additional legal challenges. Understanding the interplay between workers' ...

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1. As the employer/carrier was not able to overcome presumption, a firefighter’s COVID-19, requiring heart transplant, was found to be work-related. Seminole County, Florida and Johns Eastern Company, ...

Workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida should decrease by an average 6.9% in 2026 under a proposal by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Submitted last month, the NCCI’s ...

Sen. Alan Hays (R-Fla.) and Rep. Jimmy Patronis (R-Fla.) have introduced legislation that aims to replace the current malpractice litigation system and eliminate up to $40 billion of medically ...

Florida businesses could see a slight decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates in 2025, continuing a series of years of lower rates. The National Council on Compensation Insurance, which ...