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Lay Testimony Insufficient to Establish Causation for MS Claimant

The Workcomp Writer

Were he presented no medical expert’s testimony and attempted to rely upon his own testimony as to pain levels and the circumstances of the injury itself, the Commission acted within its discretion in finding he had failed to establish medical causation [ Bowdry v. The Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission affirmed the AJ’s decision.

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Target and Union Workers Reach Settlement Over Age Discrimination Claims

HR Digest

The allegations against Target stemmed from a 2017 job posting for a store manager position. ” The two union workers, who were both over the age of 40, filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), alleging that the posting violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). .”

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New study will explore the impact of economic turmoil on workplace experience

Workplace Insight

The Skills and Employment Survey 2023 (SES2023), which also involves researchers at UCL, the Universities of Oxford and Surrey and the National Centre for Social Research, will help academics assess the impact of an extraordinary period of turbulence for workers which includes the economic downturn, Cost-of-Living Crisis, Covid-19 and Brexit.

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UK employment law 2020: what’s on the horizon?

cipHR

From likely UK case law developments to changes to annual leave calculations and employees’ entitlement to written statements of particulars , ESP Law’s team of legal experts look ahead to what 2020 has in store for employment law . Here’s an overview of the changes that employers need to be aware of : . Case law decisions .

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Gender pay gap reporting 2021: what’s required?

cipHR

From the snapshot date and reporting deadline, to where to view other employers’ reports, here’s everything you need to know about gender pay gap reporting. Around 6% of organisations that had to publicly report their gender pay gap figures for 2017 did so after the spring 2018 deadline. up on the 2017-18 figure. in 2017-18.

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NC Court Affirms Death Benefits Award Under State’s “Found Dead” Presumption

The Workcomp Writer

The Court of Appeals of North Carolina, construing the state’s version of the “found dead” rule, affirmed a decision by the state’s Industrial Commission that awarded death benefits to the dependents of a dump truck driver who died in an accident on a steep roadway [ Frye v. Employer’s Contentions on Appeal. LEXIS 645 (Sept.

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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

Florida Workers' Comp

The program concludes Thursday just before lunchtime with a panel dedicated to the Report of the (1972) National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws. As I write this, I wonder whether it is this document or the Commission to which I address my Shakespearean references. Perhaps I "come to bury" the report, not to praise it.