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Examining the Boundaries of Medical Payments: Pennsylvania's Supreme Court to Decide on Coverage for Non-Prescription Items for...

The vexing issue of whether insurance carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers will be required to pay for a broad array of non-prescription items (for example, over-the-counter medications, dietary...more

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Commonwealth Court Holds That an Employer’s Failure to Reimburse a Claimant for Out-of-pocket Payments for CBD Oil is in Violation...

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Schmidt v. Schmidt, Kirifides & Rassias, Pa. C. (WCAB); No: 1039 C.D. 2021; filed Nov. 14, 2023; Judge Covey - In this case, the claimant, an attorney, sustained a work injury on April 14, 2017, while loading files into a...more

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Commonwealth Court Authorizes Workers’ Compensation Reimbursement for CBD Oil

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has ruled that CBD oil, when prescribed by a doctor for a work-related injury, is reimbursable. In this matter, a workers’ compensation attorney was injured on the job when he tripped over...more

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Illinois Amends Recreational Cannabis Law To Protect Drug Testing By Employers

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Earlier this month, Governor Pritzker signed into law SB 1557, revising the Recreational Cannabis Law to expand permissible marijuana testing and related adverse action....more

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National Safety Council Endorses Zero Tolerance Prohibition on Cannabis/Marijuana for Safety-Sensitive Employees

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The National Safety Council released a policy statement endorsing employer zero-tolerance policies for cannabis use for employees who work in safety-sensitive positions, explaining that no level of cannabis...more

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