Remove workers
article thumbnail

D.C. Court of Appeals Construes Employee Status Rules for “Intermittent” Worker

The Workcomp Writer

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals vacated a decision by the Compensation Review Board (CRB) that had affirmed an Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) denial of workers’ compensation benefits based on the worker’s alleged non-employee status [ Lopez v. District of Columbia Dep’t of Emp. LEXIS 294 (August 8, 2024)].

article thumbnail

66% of workers unaware of total pension savings

Employee Benefits

Two-thirds of workers do not know how much money they have saved towards retirement, research has revealed. Findings highlighted that there is a growing trend for younger workers to move more quickly between jobs than previous generations. The post 66% of workers unaware of total pension savings appeared first on Employee Benefits.

Pension 127
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

De Novo, Deference, or Something in Between: The Complex Landscape of Workers’ Compensation Administrative Review

The Workcomp Writer

Personal Observation In 1977, I stood before the North Carolina Industrial Commission as a young workers’ compensation defense attorney, barely a year into practice, challenging a deputy commissioner’s credibility determination. 6, 2024), illustrates how this tension continues to shape workers’ compensation practice. Workers' Comp.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Divided R.I. High Court Says Workers’ Comp Release Was Sufficiently Broad to Bar Discrimination Claim Against Employer

The Workcomp Writer

The majority held the terms of the release signed by the injured worker were unambiguous and clearly released the employer from all claims that the worker might be able to file against the employer, including those that might be filed with the state’s Human Rights Commission. Background. Motion for Summary Judgment.

article thumbnail

Range of Compensable Consequences in Workers’ Compensation: An Expanded Summary

The Workcomp Writer

2d 804 (2012), an employer was not required to pay for cardiac care discovered during screening for a minor work-related hernia. 2d 804 (2012)). Precision Health, Inc., 3d 1007, 792 N.Y.S.2d However, where the connection is essentially coincidental, the result can be different. In Haftsavar v. All American Carpet and Rugs, Inc.,

article thumbnail

UK workers re-engage in pension savings amid Covid-19

HR Digest

This may come as a surprise that workers kept up with payments into their pension funds last year. This extends the increases posted since 2012, following the introduction of auto-enrolment into work-based pension schemes to boost retirement saving. billion ($146 billion), from £100.4 billion ($138 billion) in 2019.

Pension 52