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TRACKING INDUSTRY ABUSES INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS

TRACKING INDUSTRY ABUSES  INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS By Attorney Dennis Kurth Arizona’s Work Injury Firm The distinction between “employee” and “independent contractor” is crucial in workers’ compensation law.  Employees are covered by state-mandated, employer-provided workers’ compensation insurance but independent contractors are not. There has long been tension between employers and workers’ compensation claimants over who is...

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Posted by Arizona's Work Injury Firm| 1099 Independent Contractors Workers Compensation

volunteers

VOLUNTEERS By Attorney Dennis Kurth Arizona’s Work Injury Firm   Volunteers are generally not “employees” and, therefore, are not covered by the workers’ compensation law if they are injured on the job.  There are, however, statutory exceptions to the rule for: volunteer firemen and policemen DPS reserves sheriff’s posse members VOC rehab clients of DES...

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Posted by Arizona's Work Injury Firm| Volunteers Workers Compensation

Police Officer PTSD Claims; An Ominous Trend

POLICE OFFICER PTSD CLAIMS; AN OMINOUS TREND By Attorney Dennis Kurth Arizona’s Work Injury Firm In the last few years, in reaction to some very high profile incidents around the country, there has been recognition of the tremendous stress police officers are under as a regular part of their daily duties. The law enforcement business...

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Posted by Arizona's Work Injury Firm| Law Enforcement PTSD Workers Compensation

Tips Are Includable In The Average Monthly Wage

TIPS ARE INCLUDABLE IN THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WAGE By Attorney Dennis Kurth Arizona’s Work Injury Firm Today it might be hard to believe that tips should not be included in the average monthly wages of injured waiters, waitresses, and bartenders but that was not always the case. In fact, for the first sixty-five (65) years...

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Posted by Arizona's Work Injury Firm| Average Monthly Wage Workers Compensation

THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND THE YARNELL HILL FIRE

THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND THE YARNELL HILL FIRE By Attorney Dennis Kurth Arizona’s Work Injury Firm The Yarnell Hill Fire was a tragic event that resulted in the deaths of nineteen “hotshot” firefighters on June 30, 2013.  Speculation grew about who, if anyone, was responsible for the hotshots having left a position of relative safety above...

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Posted by Arizona's Work Injury Firm| Third Party Liability Workers Compensation