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Mental Injuries: Workers’ Compensation and Disability Insurance Part 1

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The apparent rise in mental injuries First responders are not the only workers at risk of mental or psychological injuries. Many workers’ compensation jurisdictions and work-disability insurers have noted increasing mental disorder (also called psychological injury, mental injury) claims over time.

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Are workers’ compensation laws keeping up with changing demographics?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

For more than twenty years I have been speaking about demographic change to workers’ compensation insurers in the hopes of spurring policy changes in advance of an aging workforce and greater numbers of older workers in the workplace. Workers’ compensation and occupational health and safety are not keeping pace. in (Q1 2002).

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Gretna Green accredited as living wage employer

Employee Benefits

The accreditation celebrates employers that choose to go further than the government minimum by paying the real living wage on a voluntary basis to all relevant workers. Living Wage Scotland was established by the Poverty Alliance to increase the number of Scottish employers which pay their staff the real living wage.

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Are Workers’ Compensation benefits protected against the rising cost of living?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Workers with permanent disabilities often don’t have those options. The monthly workers’ compensation amount they receive may have sustained them initially but unless it is adjusted for the cost of living, permanently disabled workers will see the buying power of their workers’ compensation income decline with each passing year.

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Employment Laws in Nigeria

Global People Strategist

Industrial Training Act, 2011. The Act provides an excellent opportunity for indigenous workers to gain the skills they need to succeed in the job market. 3. The Pension Reform Act, 2014. of monthly wages go towards pension plans. of monthly wages go towards pension plans. 4. Personal Income Tax Act.

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The Laws Every HR Manager Needs to Know

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For example, in 2011, an Illinois employee was awarded $95 million because the employer did not manage the sexual harassment complaint properly. Oftentimes, workers who decide to make a claim seek the assistance of legal professionals, such as Albany workers compensation attorney Paul Giannetti.