Tag: workers compensation

Workers’ compensation is designed to provide financial support and medical care for employees who are injured on the job. However, a question often arises: should workers’ compensation benefits be reduced if the injured employee wasn’t wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) when the accident occurred? This is a complex issue that involves legal, ethical, and safety …

Before OSHA came along in the 1970s, worker safety was barely on anyone’s radar. If you’ve ever seen old photos of industrial workers from back in the day, you’d totally get what I mean. Thankfully, when OSHA started enforcing safety regulations, it changed the game—no more treating employees like they were disposable or putting profits …