Compensation for injured employees varies from each state across America as each state is allowed to determine its own benefits, with no federal minimums. Employees who are injured at work are awarded a portion of their wages up to the state maximum for the number of weeks injured. Jeremy Lewis, 27, and Josh Potter, 25,
Senator Mark Green and Representative Jeremy Durham are pushing for a bill that could make Tennessee the third state to allow employers to opt out of state’s workers compensation program and design individual programs for employees injured at work. The bill would primarily limit medical expenses, which will only be covered for up to 3
Obama’s executive authority to protect millions of immigrants was blocked on Monday, February 16, by U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen in Texas. Texas and 25 other states, mainly controlled by Republican governors, went to court to block the implementation of DACA and DAPA. Administration was supposed to begin accepting applications on Wednesday for DACA,