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What a Difference an Or Makes

Florida Workers' Comp

Periodically an interesting analysis in workers' compensation leads to discussion of death benefits. Prior discussions of death benefits in this blog have included Marriage, the Law and Workers' Compensation (November 2014), Ideological Shift (June 2015), and Reminded about Death Benefits (February 2019). Christopher R. McDonald v.

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Awards and Memories

Florida Workers' Comp

In 2018 Forum Recap and Professionalism (April 2018) ; 2015 Frierson-Colling Professionalism Award (2015), I had the chance to discuss professionalism and The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Section's efforts to recognize it in their members. Myers who was a legend in Florida workers' compensation before my time. Not so much.

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FTC Report Strikes at the High Cost of Drugs

Workers' Compensation

The US Federal Trade Commission [FTC] report "Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The Powerful Middlemen Inflating Drug Costs and Squeezing Main Street Pharmacies" examines the influence of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in the pharmaceutical industry. PBMs act as middlemen managing prescription drug coverage for millions of Americans.

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Illinois Employee’s Termination Not Retaliatory Where it Occurred Six Weeks Prior to His Filing Comp Claim

The Workcomp Writer

The court acknowledged that had the alleged injury been witnessed by a representative of the employer, the result might have been different, the court stressed that the former employee had come forward with no evidence that the employer knew of the alleged work-relatedness of the injury or that he would eventually file a workers’ compensation claim.

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Is addiction a disability under the ADA?

Business Management Daily

Your employee, Joe, has always been a great worker. The waters get murkier, however, when workers addicted to drugs or alcohol want to clean up their act. The ADA specifies that a worker who is “currently engaged in the illegal use of drugs” isn’t covered by the law. However, lately Joe’s performance has been declining.

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Employment Laws in Nigeria

Global People Strategist

The Act provides an excellent opportunity for indigenous workers to gain the skills they need to succeed in the job market. Even though the contribution percentage is set by law, changes can be made with approval from the National Pension Commission. 7. The Nigerian Factories Act, 2004. 2. Industrial Training Act, 2011.

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Overtime threshold rising to $35,568 on Jan. 1

Business Management Daily

The new threshold represents a 50% increase over the current threshold of $23,660, which was established in 2004. A DOL statement said an additional 101,800 workers should be entitled to overtime pay as a result of the increase to the highly compensated employees salary level. “For million more Americans eligible for overtime pay.