Dust exposure remains one of the most underestimated hazards in construction, manufacturing, fabrication, maintenance, and industrial operations. While often invisible, respirable dusts and metal particulates can cause permanent health damage, trigger costly OSHA citations, and, in the case of combustible dusts, lead to catastrophic explosions. This session will cover: The major dust hazard categories Exposure pathways and risk recognition Regulatory requirements and standard

Promoting health and safety is everyone’s job, and the best way to support that effort is to build and sustain a strong safety community. This webinar discusses different types of employees who make up a safety community, including their strengths and their challenges. It will suggest strategies for engaging the different members of your safety community and provide resources that you can take back and use to build and support strong safety communities at your organization.

Discover how to design training programs that resonate with employees, improve retention and drive meaningful results. Join Novara’s Mulango Akpo-Esambe, creative services manager, and Rachel Hook, training and quality manager, as they explore the psychology of learning and unpack how to design impactful training programs. During this webinar, they’ll cover: The science of retention: Key psychological principles that make training stick Engaging the modern learner: Strategies

March 25, 2026 Critics warn the new system could effectively eliminate claim filing deadlines Florida's appeals court has rewritten how workers' comp carriers must calculate claim deadlines, overturning 26 years of settled precedent. In an en banc decision handed down on March 23, 2026, the First District Court of Appeal ruled that the word "toll" in section 440.19(2) of the Florida Statutes means to suspend or stop temporarily the two-year statute of limitations clock – not

March 25, 2026 Heat exposure, workplace violence and structural changes to coverage systems are key emerging issues shaping the workers compensation landscape in 2026, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. The report indicates that while familiar policy debates — including mental injury claims, presumption laws, cancer initiatives and worker classification — remain active, regulators and lawmakers are increasingly focused on

March 23, 2026 When employers try to understand why injured workers hire attorneys, the conversation often centers on the claim itself. Was the injury legitimate? Was the claim denied? Was the employee exaggerating? But those questions miss a much more important truth: Most workers don’t hire attorneys because of the claim. They hire attorneys because of fear — specifically, financial fear. At the center of that fear is what we can call the Breadwinner Effect. The Moment Ever

March 20, 2026 A Florida appellate court on Wednesday ruled that the costs associated with a tetraplegic worker’s travel to visit family out of state did not qualify for coverage as medical benefits. As documented in Purple Pride Inc. v. Burgess , the man worked for Purple Pride Inc. He suffered injuries in a work-related motor vehicle accident in 2019 that left him tetraplegic. Burgess now requires around-the-clock attendant care. The insurance provider for Purple Pride acc

March 19, 2026 Publix Super Markets, Inc., et.al . v. Dept. of Financial Services, et. al., ---So.3d---(Fla. 1st DCA 2026) The First District Court of Appeal issued a blockbuster opinion on February 25, 2026, in the case of Publix Super Markets, Inc., et.al . v. Dept. of Financial Services, et. al ., ---So.3d---(Fla. 1st DCA 2026). The court held that, while injured workers have an absolute right to choose their own “pharmacy or pharmacist,” physicians may not dispense medic

March 16, 2026 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia announced the arrest of a man accused of hiding payroll information through two money service businesses to dodge more than $1 million in workers’ compensation insurance premiums. Jacques G. Denomme was arrested March 3 on charges of organized scheme to defraud and workers’ compensation premium avoidance fraud, Ingoglia said in a statement. The arrest followed an investigation by the Departme