Employer Can Get Offset Based on Subsidiary's Contributions to Worker's Pension

The Commonwealth Court ruled that a corporation was entitled to take an offset against the workers' compensation benefits due to an injured worker based on the amount of pension benefits paid to him by its wholly-owned subsidiary. Case: Stepp v. WCAB (FairPoint Communications), No. 2270 C.D. 2013, 09/10/2014, published. Facts: Regis Stepp began working for Marianna Scenery Hill Telephone Co. in January 1973. FairPoint Communications acquired Marianna in September 2000. Although Stepp remained an employee of Marianna, the human resources department for the employees of all of FairPoint&#...