Last legislative session, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives introduced H.B. 2664, which sought to add a new subsection to the Workers’ Compensation Act addressing post-traumatic stress disorders in certain first responders. That Bill never made it out of committee, but that’s not the end of the story.
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Disciplinary Discharge of Employees on Workers’ Compensation
By Paul Clouser on
Posted in Labor & Employment
This post was originally featured on the McNees Labor and Employment Blog.
Employers often shy away from discharging employees for disciplinary reasons when those employees are receiving workers’ compensation benefits, such as in instances where the employee is working a modified duty assignment. However, such employees can and should be held to the same…