Primarily, occupational diseases are conditions and illnesses that are aggravated or caused by a worker's employment situation.

FMLA ensures that workers can get unpaid time off to deal with a serious health condition or family issue.

An independent medical evaluator is a doctor that was not previously involved in the person's diagnosis or treatment and vary case-by-case.

A person's job becomes a modified job when it involves duties that have been altered to accommodate that injured employee.