The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 6, 2022

As I have noted January for many years, prior to the death of my mentor and friend, Dr. Arthur Larson, the truly original author of the Larson treatises in workers’ compensation law (and in employment discrimination law, as well), he and I began a quirky—though humorous—New Year’s tradition. LL-55774, opinion No. 02-21 WC (Jan.

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15Five

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

As More Skilled Workers Quit Their Jobs, 15Five Research Confirms Employee Retention Is Tied to Career Advancement. companies finding it difficult to meet the demand for skilled workers. Most employers (55.5%), however, don’t offer a clear path for advancement, the survey confirms. San Francisco – Nov. Survey Methodology.

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Workers' Compensation

JULY 3, 2024

OSHA’s proposed new workplace heat standard requires employers to develop a plan to identify and address heat hazards. with 479 worker deaths from 2011-2022 due to environmental heat exposure. with 479 worker deaths from 2011-2022 due to environmental heat exposure. All rights reserved.

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Global People Strategist

JUNE 3, 2021

The country has strict employment and labor laws that are also controversial in how strictly their deportation rules are enforced for undocumented migrant workers. Employment and Labor Laws in Australia. All Australian nationals and foreign workers are entitled to basic rights and protections under the Fair Work Act of 2009.

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 22, 2024

While an important minatory of states permit reopening for changed condition at any time, most limit the reopening period in some way [see Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , § 131.02]. 2d 846 (2011), the Court added that subsection C applies even when the award itself makes no mention of such wages. Citing Scott v. Scott , 16 Va.

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The Workcomp Writer

JUNE 28, 2022

The Supreme Court said the employer’s evidence—which included the fact that the claimant had failed to advise physicians of her illegal marijuana use—was sufficient to withstand the claimant’s motion to dismiss before the Superior Court. Background. Additional Hearing: Possible Marijuana Use. Recommendation Gradual Withdrawal of Medication.

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 10, 2023

As I have noted early each January for many, many years now, prior to the death of my mentor and friend, Dr. Arthur Larson, the original author of the oft-cited Larson treatises in workers’ compensation law (and in employment discrimination law, as well), Arthur and I began a quirky—though humorous—New Year’s tradition. Silberberg v.

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InterWest Insurance Services

MARCH 12, 2024

Efforts are afoot to create new laws and regulations that would require California employers to include the opioid overdose medication Narcan in their first aid kits. Workplace overdose deaths jumped 500% between 2011 and 2021 and overdoses account for 9% of workplace deaths nationally. With opioid overdoses so prevalent in U.S.

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Florida Workers' Comp

AUGUST 18, 2024

We rapidly approach the 78th annual rendition of the Workers Compensation Institute. The Florida Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1995. Beginning in the 1960s, the conference was run by the state Division of Workers’ Compensation. Stevens, 145 Fla. 209, 198 So.

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Workers' Compensation

APRIL 3, 2024

Unlike the NJ workers' compensation claims, there is no cap on punitive damages available for claims under the NJ Law Against Discrimination. Comparison with Workers' Compensation New Jersey Workers' Compensation Act provides a specific framework for employees injured on the job, including psychological injuries. at 431, 828 A.2d

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The first Monday of the month has been known as National Sickie Day since 2011. Statistically, it’s the day when more UK workers will call in sick than any other day of the year. Whilst it’s essential to practise self-care, and presenteeism also costs employers money, absenteeism costs the UK economy £18 billion annually.

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The Workcomp Writer

AUGUST 8, 2022

Castaneda-Escobar (Workers’ Comp. In 2011, a design and construction firm estimated that it would cost $119,722.21 Employer reimbursed Claimant for the $5,905.04 Board Says Employer Must Pay $119K. Appeal Bd.) , 2022 Pa. LEXIS 98 (Aug. Claimant spent to modify this bathroom. 6 Million in Third-Party Settlements.

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The Workcomp Writer

MAY 3, 2022

With regard to the second holding, the high court stressed that it wasn’t enough to introduce evidence that cast substantial doubt on whether the firefighter’s cancer was caused by the employment. He was actively involved in fire prevention and investigation for 18 years, from 1993 to 2011, and retired as a firefighter in 2014.

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The Workcomp Writer

JUNE 27, 2022

A New York appellate court affirmed a determination by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that had rescinded that part of a WCLJ’s decision finding that the claimant violated N.Y. Workers’ Comp. Workers’ Comp. Law § 114-a, by failing to disclose prior injuries [ Matter of Spinelli v. Cricket Val. Energy Ctr.

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Employee Benefits

AUGUST 7, 2023

Unite said today that many workers suffered “substantial pay cuts”. The fact that Unite has reversed the fire and rehire cuts while also securing a large increase in pay, underlines how the union’s relentless focus on the jobs, pay and conditions of members, is delivering for workers financially.” Unite has secured a 13.1%

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The Workcomp Writer

AUGUST 10, 2022

The deceased, his attorney, the employer, the carrier, and the mediator had all signed the mediator’s agreement and were awaiting final paperwork from the carrier. In November 2011, King was injured in a work-related accident. On June 2, 2016, the employer, its carrier, and King attended mediation. LEXIS 82 (Aug. Background.

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The Workcomp Writer

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Reviewing the evidence, the court noted that Danylyk and Hofer met in New York in 2011, and began dating in February 2012. The couple moved to Texas together in January 2014, where Hofer began employment with the Euless Police Department. At that time, Hofer served as a police officer for the City of New York.

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 26, 2024

Welker ( Workers’ Comp. Accordingly, he could not prevail in his “mental-mental” claim against his former employer. Background On February 5, 2015, while driving a truck for his employer, Claimant noticed that his vehicle’s “check engine” light came on. Both Claimant and the employer appealed the WCJ’s decision to the Board.

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Business Management Daily

JANUARY 16, 2024

Learning from the past in this way will help you create a violence-free work environment, both in terms of criminal incidents and violent acts that occur between co-workers. The examples we’ll cover encompass all types of workplace violence, including criminal intent, client-on-worker, worker-on-worker, and domestic violence.

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Florida Workers' Comp

JUNE 1, 2023

It is beyond clear that "The date of accident determines the substantive law applicable in workers' compensation cases." 1st DCA 2011), the court "conclude(d) that section 440.13(9) That law changed a vested right of the employer (to not be subject to a penalty). See, e.g., Ace Disposal v. Holley , 668 So.2d 2d 645, 646 (Fla.

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Business Management Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Your employee, Joe, has always been a great worker. If so, what are your obligations as an employer? Title I of the ADA governs employment. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s final regulations, issued in 2011, further expand the ADAAA’s goal of broadening the definition of “disability” under the ADA.

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Florida Workers' Comp

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Sedgwick has given the Florida workers' compensation community much about which to think. The opinion should be considered a "must read" for anyone working in the Florida workers' compensation community. The worker's "leg gave way, causing him to fall on the linoleum floor and break his left femur." K-mart Corp. ,

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HR Lineup

JUNE 7, 2021

Trello was created in 2011 by Fog Creek Software. It eases workers’ work procedures, making it one of the best software in managing and organizing organizations’ projects. It eases workers’ work procedures, making it one of the best software in managing and organizing organizations’ projects. Trello Features.

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The Workcomp Writer

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In 2011, plaintiff was allegedly injured while working at a pharmaceutical plant owned and operated by defendants GlaxoSmithKline, LLC and Stiefel Laboratories, Inc. In 2011, plaintiff was allegedly injured while working at a pharmaceutical plant owned and operated by defendants GlaxoSmithKline, LLC and Stiefel Laboratories, Inc.

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Insperity

JANUARY 26, 2017

An employer’s tax rate is based on the amount of benefits paid to former workers.) But generally, individuals must have worked for the employer for a designated time frame within an established period of time to qualify for benefits. Unfortunately, without documentation, employers can’t prove otherwise.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MAY 22, 2022

In Florida workers' compensation, these are interesting times. In 2003 the first Chapter 60Q-6 Rules of Procedure for Workers' Compensation Adjudications were adopted (they have been changed and refined since). In 2011, electronic filing became mandatory. So, buckle up, "it's coming around again."

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Florida Regulatory Workers' Compensation News

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity has determined the statewide average weekly wage paid by employers subject to the Florida Reemployment Assistance Program Law to be $970.58 for the four calendar quarters ending June 30, 2019. Section 440.12(2),

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The Workcomp Writer

MAY 24, 2022

A New York appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that found an injured worker’s failure to disclose work-related injuries he sustained in 1998 and 2002, for which he received schedule loss of use awards, was the sort of misrepresentation prohibited by N.Y. Workers’ Comp. May 19, 2022)].

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The Workcomp Writer

JULY 30, 2023

That got me thinking about workers’ compensation claimants. The Virginia employer unsuccessfully argued that the employee’s decision to take part in the boating activity was sufficient to sever the causal link to his original injury. The employer is ordinarily absolved from the responsibility of paying for the later treatment.

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Qandle

JULY 4, 2022

In essence, an HRIS is a “two-way street” where data on workers is supplied to the company and then returned to the employees. An HRIS provides more smooth, simplified, and effective interactions between workers and the businesses they work for while allowing HR professionals to carry out more strategic and high-value work.

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Workers' Compensation

JULY 3, 2022

An asbestos manufacturer or supplier that places inadequate warnings on asbestos bags used in the workplace has a duty to warn the worker, regardless of whether it provides the employer with the correct information, which is reasonably intended to reach its employees. Adequate warnings provide workers with a choice.

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Attorney Charlie Hall

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The Program Operations Manual System (POMS) defines services as “any activity in employment or self-employment that is performed or is normally performed for pay or profit.” [3]. TWP in employment. Service months are calculated differently in employment and self-employment service periods. TWP in SELF-EMPLOYMEnT.

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Attorney Charlie Hall

AUGUST 15, 2021

As of 2019, there were 64 million Americans, including disabled workers, retired workers, and survivors receiving benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). SGA for 2021 is $1,310 a month, but in 2011 it was $1,000 a month. Sometimes, the local worker will call to gather more information from the claimant.

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Patriot Software

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

These types of businesses are usually considered seasonal employers. But, you should weigh your pros and cons before you decide to become a seasonal employer. Being a seasonal employer has its advantages. As a seasonal employer, you can reduce payroll-related business expenses. Will they be hard workers?

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cipHR

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Here are the top seven benefits for employees – and their employers. The same goes for remote or home workers, too. A 2010 study by the new University of Technology, Sydney , found significant reductions in stress among workers when plants were introduced to their workspace. “If They help to reduce stress. ” 5.

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cipHR

MAY 9, 2018

A study by furniture retailer OKA found that untidy desks are linked to a 77% decline in productivity and a 53% fall in motivation among British workers. Many migraine sufferers also identify artificial light as a trigger for their attacks. Comfort can also be affected by the amount of unnecessary clutter you have on your desk.

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cipHR

AUGUST 27, 2019

But taking a much-needed break is essential if you want to perform at your best: a 2011 University of Illinois study found that the human brain’s attentional resources drop after a long period of focusing on a single task, decreasing our ability to focus and hindering performance.

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