Workplace Wellness Now Possible for Small Businesses, Too?

Feb 27, 2015 | Medical Benefits

Worksite wellness programs are a great way to preemptively sidestep some of the more horrifying workplace injuries in jobs where workers rely on their health. Despite how physically demanding a job is, our Greeley workers’ compensation lawyers certainly agree that...

Uber and Lyft Revisited: Will The Applications Do Right By Their Drivers?

Feb 25, 2015 | WC & Other Laws

Driving request applications like Lyft and Uber may be forced to provide their drivers with workmen’s compensation insurance pending the decision of a couple of cases that have been being decided since 2013. Currently, Workers’ Compensation lawyers may have trouble...

An Insurance Adjuster’s Perspective On Being Injured At Work

Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized

And what he had to say about having Michael Kaplan as his Worker’s Compensation Attorney: I had the unfortunate circumstance of being injured at work, and the injury was such that the claim needed to be reopened and further treatment required after I had left...

Nursing: Even Proper Transfer Technique Can Lead to Injury

Feb 23, 2015 | WC & Other Laws

Sunny Vespico, a 36-year-old nurse, was working at a Philadelphia hospital on March 31,2012 when she was required to lift a patient. This is not unusual for nurses like Vespico, who are taught proper technique for lifting and transferring patients as part of their...

Medical Marijuana In The Workplace- 50 Shades Of Gray Area

Feb 20, 2015 | WC & Other Laws

Almost everyone in Colorado knows marijuana (and medical marijuana) is legal. An enormous question, however, is marijuana in the workplace. While recreational marijuana use, as with recreational alcohol or other intoxicants, is firmly in the prohibited category, where...