ATTORNEY SUSAN FOSTER PUBLISHED IN THE NEBRASKA LAWYER FOR FEATURE ARTICLE, “THE POWER OF WORKPLACE CULTURE: LESSONS FROM A PANDEMIC”
Baylor Evnen Attorney Susan Foster wrote a feature article for The Nebraska Lawyer November/December 2021 issue entitled “The Power of Workplace Culture: Lessons From a Pandemic”. It is often through crises that we learn critical lessons about the importance of being...
IOWA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION DEPUTIES SPLIT ON BILATERAL INDEMNITY OWED FOR PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT TO SHOULDER INJURIES
Recently, a Deputy Commissioner caused quite the stir by breaking with the prior consensus among the Commission about how to compensate an employee who sustains bilateral shoulder injuries from a single accident. In Carmer v. Nordstrom, Inc., the claimant injured both...
COVID-19: IOWA COMMISSIONER JOSEPH CORTESE POSTPONES IN-PERSON HEARINGS UNTIL APRIL 29, 2022
On November 29, 2021, Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Joseph Cortese extended the postponement of in-person hearings by the commission from January 31, 2022 to April 29, 2022. This is the same order that has been in effect in Iowa since March 16, 2020. As part of...
NEBRASKA’S MAXIMUM WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE TO INCREASE TO $983.00
For work-related injuries and illnesses that occur on or after January 1, 2022 the new maximum weekly benefit rate under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act will increase to $983.00. The Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court announced the change on November 17,...