Everyone has a workplace squabble now and again, but this disagreement between 2 McDonald’s employees quickly escalated. On Nov. 28th, Atlanta police arrived at the McDonald’s on Northside Drive—in Midtown—around midnight. They discovered 1 employee with a leg injury. According to their report, 2 …
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Georgia Tyson Foods Worker Killed on the Job in Industrial Accident
On September 3, 2020, an unidentified maintenance worker at Tyson Foods’ Vienna, GA poultry processing plant, located 55 miles south of Macon, died on the loading dock. The 58-year-old man was pronounced dead on the scene by the Dooley County coroner, Ricky Hudson. No further details have been …
Georgia Workers’ Compensation
For Injuries During a Robbery
or Other Criminal Act
For 26-year-old Khain Ladley, it started as just a typical day. He was beginning his new job as a sign dancer for Green Light Smoke in Athens, GA. Sign dancers are the people who stand on the side of the road and twirl their advertisements for passing motorists to see. During his first hour on the …
Target Settles Worker Safety Lawsuit; Pays Fine and Will Implement Change
For business owners, employee safety should be a top priority. Without able employees to operate your business, there will be problems running the day-to-day operations and it also opens the door for liability issues. In other words, it’s in a company’s best interest to take care of their employees …
Georgia Supreme Court Revises “Rest Break Exception” to Workers’ Comp
When an employee is hired, they make an unspoken agreement not to sue their employer for work-related injuries and, in turn, the employer agrees to provide workers’ compensation benefits regardless of fault. But does that same agreement apply when an employee takes a break? Read on to …
How Unemployment Impacts Workers’ Compensation in Georgia
Looking for a new job is scary, especially if you were receiving workers’ compensation at the time of the injury. A commonly asked question we get is: “Can I receive unemployment benefits and workers’ compensation benefits at the same time?” What does it mean to file for unemployment? Filing for …
