Due to a shortage of permanent, full-time nurses, many Vermont hospitals employee travel nurses to work in Vermont on...

An earlier version of this post was published on February 24, 2014.

A very common question for Vermonters...

When a person misses work for a prolonged period of time due to a Vermont work injury, the insurance company and...

The Vermont legislature recently modified the way that psychological injuries (a.k.a. mental-mental injuries) are...

A lot of people with a Vermont work injury assume they can handle their workers’ compensation claim themselves, and...

In the past few months several people have come to me who had no idea they weren’t receiving workers’ comp benefits...

Jeff Dickson and Dickson Law Office recently won an important decision from a Vermont Department of Labor...

When you’ve been injured in Vermont and have filed a workers’ comp claim, there may come a time when your doctor...

Many times when a person sustains a Vermont work injury, the employer will send an injured worker to a specific...

One question I’m occasionally asked by current and potential clients is what happens if they leave their job while...

As an injured employee progresses through his or her Vermont workers’ compensation claim, it is not at all uncommon...

Most people with a Vermont workers’ comp claim eventually recover from their injuries and return to work, but those...

Once the Vermont Department of Labor has conducted an “informal conference” and a “pretrial conference” in your...

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, at some point in time your employer’s insurance carrier may offer to settle...

Because Vermont is a rural state, it is not uncommon for employees to commute an hour or more to get to work...

One question that occasionally arises is whether an employee can file a workers’ compensation claim in Vermont, even...

Recently I’ve had a couple of Vermont workers’ compensation clients ask me how the FMLA relates to their Vermont...

Throughout the life of an accepted Vermont workers’ compensation claim, the insurance carrier will be looking for...

Although never anyone’s objective when they’re injured, it is not entirely uncommon for a Vermont work injury to...

After you experience a Vermont work injury, the workers’ compensation process can vary significantly depending on the...