Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 5, 2022

Background The workers’ compensation system faces an enormous challenge in 2022 as the novel consequences of the most recent surge of SARS-CoV-2 infection engulf the nation. The issues will include: evaluating temporary disability benefits, delivering medical treatment, and estimating the nature and extent of disability. 340, 191 A.3d

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Business Management Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

GINA, or the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, outlaws genetic discrimination. If co-workers, for example, find out that a worker or his family member’s genetic disorder, any harassment violates GINA. For example, employers can’t force DNA testing on workers even if the results don’t show a genetic disorder.

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Business Management Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

An employee with depression can get the help she needs and become the productive worker she was before depression struck. Just make sure your program takes into account laws protecting workers disabled by mental health issues. These laws include the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ).

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Genesis HR Solutions

JANUARY 31, 2019

Maternity leave is a hot topic in the United States. As many families juggle full-time work with raising families, tensions over the lack of required maternity leave in the workplace continue to grow. The United States is the only developed country that doesn’t require paid parental leave. Click To Tweet.

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Business Management Daily

JANUARY 14, 2020

Plus, creating a telecommute option opens the door to Americans with Disability Act (ADA) accommodation requests to work at home. Allowing remote work during a Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) leave requires careful management. That’s about 903,000 federal workers. Who telecommutes?

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Florida Workers' Comp

MAY 5, 2022

See Medical Excuse (April 2022). I got some interesting feedback on that situation, and for the most part there was skepticism of the medical excuse, similar to that expressed by the Justice cited there. Her assignment was family law, a jurisdiction that can often involve young children in proceedings. Another news outlet, U.S.

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LACE Partners

JANUARY 9, 2023

The government is betting on these workers helping to fill the hundreds of thousands of job vacancies that cannot be filled by the current workforce. . A key part of understanding the bigger picture for people when they leave the workforce for the golf course. . Particularly for men. So, it is true….

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cipHR

AUGUST 20, 2019

Paid parental bereavement leave is due to be introduced in April 2020. Under the Employment Rights Act 1996 , employees currently have the legal right to take ‘reasonable’ time off to deal with an emergency – such as the death of a child – this entitlement is only to unpaid leave and does not necessarily allow for a longer time off to grieve.

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Business Management Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

When employees know they have to back up leave requests with appropriate medical information, FMLA leave abuse falls. While you don’t want to discourage appropriate leave – think containing a flu epidemic – encouraging calling-off-while-well isn’t a good strategy. What you should ask for depends on the reason for leave.

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Genesis HR Solutions

OCTOBER 3, 2019

As an employer in the Commonwealth, you need to understand the complexities specific to Massachusetts salary laws, hiring, and employing workers. In some circumstances, the employer may pay these workers the service rate. During their meal breaks, workers must be free of all duties. They must also be free to leave the workplace.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

AUGUST 7, 2018

“FMLA” refers to the Family and Medical Leave Act. It is a federal law that guarantees certain employees up to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave each year with no threat of job loss. A qualifying leave arising from a spouse, child or parent as a “covered active duty” military member.

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cipHR

AUGUST 22, 2022

Illegal working can negatively affect lawful workers’ wages, and it’s also linked to other abuses of the labour market. It means you won’t be penalised for employing an illegal worker if you do these checks correctly. Sponsored workers who’ve provided biometrics previously will have an eVisa, a digital version of a BRP.

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Hppy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Bureau of Labor Statistics , only 35% of private-industry workers had access to employer-provided long-term disability insurance as of 2022. It’s a matter of understanding both the legal and human aspects of the situation, and acting as a bridge between the employee and the organization. According to the U.S.

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Higginbotham

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Disgruntled Employee – Many acts of theft or data breach happen after a termination. Lost Sales – Multiple episodes of food poisoning in 2018 caused Chipotle’s sales to collapse. HR is also responsible for crisis management training, which includes standard operating procedures, quality control, worker safety and risk management.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 4, 2024

The apparent rise in mental disability claims is a significant issue for disability insurers and workers’ compensation systems. The observed rise in workers’ compensation claims for mental injury must be interpreted in context. Handwringing over costs often misses this underlying premise.

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The Workcomp Writer

AUGUST 15, 2023

Lewis went on medical leave beginning in December 2017. The first six months of her leave were covered by short-term disability, and after that she was placed on long-term medical leave. In May 2018, the doctor cleared her to return to work as long as she wore her right wrist brace.

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Empuls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

family-owned superstore chain, observed that increasing the frequency of employee rewards from twice a month to twice a week led to a 5% increase in customer satisfaction. When an employee leaves, the respective team needs to absorb the extra work, creating more unsatisfied, unwilling employees. And it directly means happy customers.

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Benefits Notes

MARCH 31, 2021

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “ARPA”) into law. These changes will allow workers and their dependents who lost group health coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic to temporarily receive fully subsidized COBRA coverage. Subsidized COBRA. Plans Subject to the ARPA Rules.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 11, 2019

For more than a century, governments have pursued a social policy objective: to protect workers from work-related injury, disability, illness and death in a compassionate and sustainable way that still allows the economic activity and innovation necessary for societies to operate and thrive. Government interventions alter the market.

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Business Management Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The Fair Labor Standards Act ( FLSA ) also requires employers to pay employees for time donning and doffing protective equipment. The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees. Supervisors must recognize requests for leave and refer them to human resources.

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Business Management Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Soon, employees will begin calling off, often requesting FMLA leave. An estimated 79,000 Americans died of flu-related illnesses in the 2017-2018 season. It should include prevention such as immunization, plans for time off or telecommuting and encourage sick workers to stay home. Flu season is here.

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