Workers' Compensation

 Recently, a news release was issued by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) revealing a startling new development.  In 2010, the injury rate for healthcare support workers rose by 6%, almost 2½ times the rate for all private and public sector workers.  The rate among nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants rose by 7%.  A [...]

Shortly after taking office Governor John Kasich delivered a message to those who opposed his anti-union and anti worker agenda for “improving” the business climate in Ohio. “Get on the bus” the governor warned, “or we will run you over with it.” Fortunately for millions of working men and women , the Governor’s bus ran [...]

Election Day is upon us and I urge you to vote on November 8th or early vote and to vote NO on Issue 2. If you would like to vote early you may do so this week at your local Board of Elections: We Are Ohio – Action. Issue 2 is the referendum on Senate [...]

Sometimes it is in your best interest to settle your workers’ compensation claim. A settlement is an agreement between the injured worker, the employer and the BWC to close the claim for a final payout of money.  No further benefits can be paid under the claim, and the money that the injured worker receives in [...]

At Gallon, Takacs, Boissoneault & Schaffer, Co., LPA, our mission dedicates us to providing legal assistance to working men and women, individuals with disabilities, and labor organizations. We are very proud of that tradition. Now, I’m happy to announce that the firm is providing legal representation to veterans of our military who have physical or [...]

As many of us know, the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) will take it upon itself to change its policies from time to time.  The most recent change? A decision that the BWC will no longer pay for skeletal muscle relaxants such as Skelaxin and Soma.  What can be done about this?  Nothing.  That’s right, [...]

Recently Tom Schaffer posted an article in this space about the Kasich administrations plan to privatize the Ohio workers compensation system. Those who advocate privatization typically argue that Ohio’s workers compensation costs are too high, placing Ohio businesses at a competitive disadvantage with other states, and that the private insurance industry would be more efficient [...]

Since being elected, Governor John Kasich has advanced the transfer of a variety of public services to the private sector.  Mr. Kasich successfully pushed through the legislature a bill to abolish the Ohio Department of Development and replace it with a private, nonprofit corporation called “JobsOhio.”   As we previously posted, during the campaign, candidate Kasich proposed [...]

American unions have done a tremendous amount for working people in our country, union members or not.  Watch this video, it’s only a few minutes, and be reminded of why unions have played, and continue to play, such a vital role in our county.

You’ve all heard about the McDonalds hot coffee law suit, right? You know, the one where the older woman spilled hot coffee in her own lap and then sued McDonalds and received a multi-million dollar award from a jury? That case has become the poster child for the big corporate and insurance industry attacks on [...]