McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The post Cartel Corner | August 2022 (Labor Markets) appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG. Historically, government enforcement of alleged anticompetitive labor market practices occurred in the civil context, resulting in fines for companies and individuals found to have participated in inappropriate practices.

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

AUGUST 3, 2022

On July 12, 2022, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) revised its guidance on compliance with disability discrimination law during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Workers' Compensation

JULY 11, 2022

50 YEARS AFTER THE NATIONAL COMMISSION: IS THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SYSTEM SERVING INJURED WORKERS? ET On Monday, July 11, the Department of Labor will host a panel discussion for the 50th anniversary of the National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws. chair of the National Commission; Prof.

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Florida Workers' Comp

AUGUST 23, 2022

Each state has one (50), then there is the federal system, the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) that largely covers railroad employees, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Some are managed by a director, other by a board or commission (a critic or two complains that some seem not to be managed at all).

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

APRIL 19, 2022

The post Restrictive Covenants Evolve from Common Law to Statutory Regulation: The 2022 Watershed appeared first on EMPLOYEE BENEFITS BLOG. Unlike state statutes regulating trade secrets (which largely follow the Uniform […].

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Global People Strategist

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Keeping up with changes in Irish employment law is a difficult task. We’ve selected the top five critical changes in Ireland’s labor and employment law during 2022. With the restrictions lifted, the government intended to phase out the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme on December 31, 2021. 1. Redundancy risks.

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The Workcomp Writer

AUGUST 29, 2022

2022-Ohio-2857, 2022 Ohio App. 2022-Ohio-2857, 2022 Ohio App. 16, 2022)]. Acknowledging that at the time of her injury, the employee was indeed within Ohio’s “zone of employment” and that her injury occurred in the course of her employment, the court found nevertheless, her injury did not arise from her employment.

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Workplace Insight

AUGUST 15, 2024

According to data collected by Survation and commissioned by The Autonomy Institute , 72 percent of Labour voters back the idea of a four-day work week. Previous research has shown that businesses participating in the last large-scale pilot in 2022 saw improvements in performance, productivity, and employee well-being.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MARCH 17, 2022

Our world, employment, relationships, are all imperfect. We will discuss the 1972 National Commission Report. More on that in Friends, Romans, Countrymen (March 2022). See Evolving Work Challenges (January 2022). The final panel, in case you missed it above, will be our discussion of the 1972 National Commission Report.

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InterWest Insurance Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Over the past several years, employers have seen a significant uptick in retaliation and whistleblower claims filed by employees and investigated by federal agencies. In 2023, the EEOC saw a record number of retaliation complaints — 46,047, up 20% from 2022.

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Florida Workers' Comp

JULY 26, 2022

In The 1972 Report re 1935 (July 2022), there is comparison of the initial 1935 Florida workers' compensation law to 2022. Conceding that the analysis of whether one is or is not "better off" is likely subjective and perhaps complex, it may be that workers are in fact better off in 2022 Florida than they were in 1935 (87 years ago).

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Autumn budget 2022: The government has agreed to raise the national living wage by 9.7% In his autumn budget address to the House of Commons, Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt (pictured) stated that he had accepted recommendations made by the Low Pay Commission to increase the national living wage to £10.42 from April 2023.

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Workers' Compensation

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission has issued guidance for workplaces as a first step toward formulating and approving standards for Workplace Impairment Recognition Expert certifications. New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission issues guidance for workplaces , Workers' Compensation Blog, Sept.

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Business Management Daily

JULY 25, 2023

Did your organization recently receive an EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) complaint? That’s why understanding the EEOC complaint process is necessary for any organization, even if you pride yourself on being a staunch equal-opportunity employer. Also, in 2022, 61% of U.S. Religious discrimination.

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Employee Benefits

JULY 11, 2024

These include increasing pay by 10% to the living wage in January 2023, becoming formally accredited as a living wage employer in July 2023, and paying commission to employees in its busiest months of the year from October 2022.

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Employee Benefits

AUGUST 1, 2024

Defence and security technology firm Ultra Electronics and Norchem Healthcare have been named as some of the employers that have missed deadlines to report their 2023-2024 gender pay gap data. Between April and May this year, it sent warning and reminder notices to more than 600 employers which had not reported after the initial deadline.

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Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Over a period of about six months at the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022, we were told repeatedly that huge numbers of people were about to quit their jobs to move to something better, pursue their dream of self-employment or whatever. But, the proportion of people saying this was more or less the same as it had always been.

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Workers' Compensation

JULY 14, 2022

Testing is one of the most important layers of protection that employers and employees have against COVID-19. The US Equal Opportunity Commission [EEOC] has now placed a restriction on COVID testing for employers limiting to only where there is defined “business necessity.” With the revision of A.6, With the revision of A.6,

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The Workcomp Writer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

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. Hamrock, LLC , 2022-NCCOA-623, 2022 N.C. Background.

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InterWest Insurance Services

AUGUST 30, 2022

With COVID-19 cases spreading fast throughout the country in what experts say is the biggest surge since the pandemic started, employers who regularly test their workers may have to change their policies. Employers will now only be able to test employees if they can prove that testing employees is a “business necessity.”

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Florida Workers' Comp

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In March 2022, the American Bar Association Trial and Insurance Practice (TIPS) section is bringing back its mid-year meeting. SARS-CoV-2 trifled with that in 2020 and 2021, but it returns in 2022 in the French Quarter of New Orleans. TIPS was crucial to the formation of the CWCL. MODERATOR: James M. Louis, MO PANELISTS: David B.

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 10, 2022

Laurels Healthcare Holdings , 2022-NCCOA-25, 2022 N.C. Laurels Healthcare Holdings , 2022-NCCOA-25, 2022 N.C. Most, however, have effectively abandoned the requirement, essentially providing compensation for virtually any injury (or disease) that arises out of and in the course of the employment. LEXIS 10 (Jan.

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Florida Workers' Comp

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The 2022-23 Florida OJCC Annual Report is likely the most introspective annual review in the world of workers' compensation adjudication. In 2022-23, District Gainesville was transitioned as planned. There are lawyers, employers, and employees who now face travel for hearings. District Port St. Petersburg.

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The Workcomp Writer

JUNE 3, 2022

Quoting Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , an Ohio appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Industrial Commission that had refused to consider various fringe benefits in the form of health and welfare benefits, as well as the employer’s contribution to several pension funds as “wages” or “earnings” under Ohio Rev.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt stated in his autumn budget address to the House of Commons that he had accepted recommendations made by the Low Pay Commission to increase the national living wage to £10.42 per hour for 2022. The post 90% of employers think living wage is high enough appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Employee Benefits

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The role of employers in supporting employees’ health and wellbeing was brought sharply to the fore this week with the announcement of a new government occupational health taskforce and the publication of guidance around supporting menopause in the workplace. million workers reporting work-related ill-health in 2022-2023.

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The Workcomp Writer

MAY 2, 2022

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. City of Tupelo , 2022 Miss. 26, 2022)]. LEXIS 130 (Apr.

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Global People Strategist

JUNE 13, 2022

As the global health crisis seems to be under control, the State has begun implementing several employment law amendments. For people working in the UK, the revised employment regulations seem promising. Here is a rundown of all the essential employment law revisions in the UK. Increase in National Minimum and Living Wage.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

JANUARY 30, 2023

As part of our continuing series on SECURE 2.0 , signed into law December 29, 2022, this post focuses on significant changes for section 403(b) tax-sheltered annuity plans (“403(b) plans”). Multiple Employer and Pooled Employer 403(b) Plans SECURE 2.0 As discussed in more detail below, SECURE 2.0 However, SECURE 2.0

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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

MAY 26, 2023

PBMs are intermediaries, acting as go-betweens for insurance companies, self-insured employers, drug manufacturers and pharmacies. PBMs typically contract with both insurers (or self-insured employers) and pharmacies. CVS Caremark and UnitedHealth Group’s OptumRx are other major players. And in Washington D.C., ”

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InterWest Insurance Services

AUGUST 10, 2023

PBMs are intermediaries, acting as go-betweens for insurance companies, self-insured employers, drug manufacturers and pharmacies. PBMs typically contract with both insurers (or self-insured employers) and pharmacies. CVS Caremark and UnitedHealth Group’s OptumRx are other major players. And in Washington D.C., ”

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The Workcomp Writer

AUGUST 19, 2024

In a decision that emphasizes the binding nature of unappealed workers’ compensation commission or board rulings, the Court of Appeals of Virginia recently affirmed the state Commission’s application of res judicata in a dispute over mileage reimbursement for medical treatment [ Edelblute’s Service Center v. Edelblute , 2024 Va.

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The Workcomp Writer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Blot , 2022 Va. Quoting Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , the appellate court reasoned that loss of employment should not be deemed due to disability if a worker without the disability would lose employment or suffer a reduction in earnings under the same economic conditions. Commission Reverses Deputy Commissioner in Part.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MARCH 29, 2022

Certainly, taking the time to locate new employment and accommodations are a cost. Realistically, however, there will likely be real estate commissions, at those rates of another $15,650 to $18,780. The homeowner sells for $303,000 and pays a real estate commission (5%) of $15,150. But, there are financial costs.

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The Workcomp Writer

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Canton , 2022-Ohio=3642, 2022 Ohio App. The Commission ultimately determined that the claim—filed December 5, 2019—was barred by the one-year statute of limitations found in Ohio Rev. The deceased employee suffered an injury resulting in near instantaneous death while working for the employer on December 16, 2017.

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The Workcomp Writer

JUNE 21, 2022

2022-Ohio-1997, 2022 Ohio App. LEXIS 1867 (June 13, 2022)]. In September 2020, a Staff Hearing Officer allowed Yeager the right to benefits under Ohio’s Workers’ Compensation Fund, finding that Yeager had “COVID-19 Infection Exposure” while working as a furnace operator for the employer. Arconic Inc. Background.

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