The Pennsylvania Division of Labor and Industry has issued a notice establishing the maximum weekly compensation rate for 2024. The new rate applies to work-related injuries and illnesses occurring on and after January 1,...more
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a significant decision this week, enforcing the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act’s exclusivity provision. Franczyk v. The Home Depot, Inc. (Pa. April 19, 2023)....more
Question: When does 121 = 120?
Answer: When the 120th day to give notice of a work injury under Section 311 of the PA WC Act falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or federal or state holiday....more
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor Industry, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, will post the following announcement in the December 26, 2020 Pennsylvania Bulletin...more
Chartwell attorneys Kaitlin Perry, Lee Fiederer and Jason Hanford discuss whether employers are entitled to an offset for payment of Pennsylvania workers’ compensation wage loss benefits to a claimant who has also received...more
Chartwell Law workers’ compensation attorneys Brittany Atkinson, Lee Fiederer and Jason Hanford discuss the growing reality of more and more employees working from home and what might happen when those workers are injured in...more
In this video, Chartwell Law Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorneys Lee Fiederer and Jason Hanford discuss how a Pennsylvania employer might respond to a report from an employee who was diagnosed with COVID-19 and...more
Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation system continues to struggle with how to move matters along, considering that the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has rendered live hearings impossible....more