Helpful Tips for Employers in Preventing an Employee From Making a Successful Retaliation Claim in Nebraska
In order to minimize its exposure to successful retaliation claims, an employer should focus on timing, consistency, and documentation. Timing – the shorter the period of time between an employer’s...
Computation of Permanent Partial Disability Benefits Under Iowa Law When Impairment is to Two Scheduled Members
In Iowa, the question is often raised as to the proper method for determining permanent partial disability indemnity benefits when a claimant has permanent injuries to two scheduled members. The answer...
Important Fee Schedule Deadlines For Employers to Remember Under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-125.02
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-125.02 sets forth certain deadlines employers and workers’ compensation carriers must adhere to in order to benefit from the fee schedule of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court....
Defense of Psychological Injury Claims Under Iowa Workers’ Compensation Law
For the past 20 years, Iowa Workers’ Compensation law has been interpreted to allow an employee to bring a workers’ compensation claim for purely mental injuries. By that, a claimant in Iowa has the...