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Employment Law Tip of the Day – Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – this is a Federal regulation that allows certain employees up to 3 months of unpaid leave. During the leave, the employee’s health insurance benefits are to be…

Employment law tip – Folks, wrongful termination is a difficult case to make in Arizona due to the fact that it’s an “at-will” state. This means you can be terminated for any reason at anytime, unless there is a contract…

Kill the bills! There are two bills pending in the Arizona legislature that would severely hurt injured in Arizona. House Bill 2367 would essentially prevent injured workers from choosing their own doctors when injured on the job. House bill 2365…

Myofascial type injuries are soft tissue, i.e., muscular injuries. Believe it or not, myofascial injuries can mimic symptoms that are similar to intraspinal injuries, such as herniated discs and stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal). The most common forms of…

SS Tip of the Day – Did you know that even if you have a terminal illness, you go through the same disability process as every other applicant for Social Security Disability benefits? The only difference is that they supposedly…

WC tip of the day – just because a person is injured on the job, does not mean that every health condition that needs to be treated prior to an industrial-related surgery is covered by the insurance carrier. The test…

The Arizona Court of Appeals recently weighed in again on the “unexplained falls” doctrine under worker’s compensation. In a nutshell, where the cause is unknown or cannot be attributed either to a person or the job, the worker is presumed…

Folks, insurance companies will do whatever they can to refrain from paying on a claim. They love taking the premiums, but when it is time to pay up, forget it. Read this article and let us know if you have…

Here’s an interesting article about taxation of disability and worker’s comp benefits. Let us know if you have any questions about this. It’s very short and I highly recommend a quick perusal! Happy December 1st!

A decision came down on November 20, 2012 from the Division 1 of the Arizona Court of Appeals. It was the first published workers’ compensation opinion that we have had in a long time. By “published,” that means that we…