Workers compensation

Minimum-wage workers will get a pay raise, businesses will get a break on insurance bills and a few new laws will take effect Tuesday as 2019 begins in…

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal has rolled out new training materials for employers of the state’s first responders. It’s to help…

Governor Rick Scott says he will sign a bill that will allow first responders with posttraumatic stress disorder to qualify for workers compensation…

It is standard protocol for police, firefighters, and paramedics to run toward the danger. Over time, that can take a toll on the mental health of first…

After spiking last year, worker’s compensation rates in Florida are set to decline. But some labor organizations contend the decrease doesn’t go far…

Florida roofers want state insurance regulators to crack down on companies that use a person’s immigration to status to avoid paying workers compensation…

House lawmakers got an earful this week on proposed workers' compensation measures. Business groups and health care advocates complain the draft…

Workers compensation isn’t the sexiest item on the 2017 legislative agenda, but it promises to be one of the fiercest fights as lawmakers face enormous…

Higher workers’ compensation rates in Florida are likely here to stay, warns a key player in the Florida Senate. Republican Rob Bradley of Fleming Island…

In the workers comp system, employees agree not to sue when they get hurt and their bosses agree to pay medical bills and lost wages. German Chancellor…