COVID-19: IOWA COMMISSIONER, JOSEPH CORTESE, POSTPONES IN-PERSON HEARINGS UNTIL NOVEMBER 20, 2020

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Aug 19, 2020 | BLOG, IOWA WORKERS' COMPENSATION, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

On August 14, 2020, Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner, Joseph Cortese, extended the postponement of in-person hearings by the commission from September 15, 2020, to November 20, 2020. This order was not unexpected, but it has some far reaching and important implications for compensation files. For example, as part of the order that has been renewed […]

RETURN TO WORK MUST BE WITH THE SAME EMPLOYER FOR SECTION 85.34(2)(v) TO APPLY

by Baylor Evnen, LLP | Aug 17, 2020 | BLOG, IOWA WORKERS' COMPENSATION, WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

On July 30, 2020, the Commissioner of the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Division, Joseph Cortese, II, announced a new interpretation of the law in Martinez v. Pavlich, Inc. In Martinez v. Pavlich, the employee did not return to work with his former employer after a work related injury. Instead, the employee found another job, with higher […]