EEOC Moves 2022 EEO-1 Data Collection to Fall
PayrollOrg
JUNE 30, 2023
On June 29, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said it will open the 2022 Employer Information Report (EEO-1) Component 1 data collection in the fall.
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The 1972 Commission Report re 1935
Florida Workers' Comp
JULY 24, 2022
In March 2022, I was honored to speak (briefly) at the Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) conference in Boston, see Friends, Romans, countrymen, lendme your ears (March 2022). The panel included Professor John Burton , an emeritus professor at Rutgers University and the Chair of the 1972 Commission. Sighinolfi).
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What’s New in the EEOC’s 2022-2026 Strategic Plan?
HR Digest
AUGUST 25, 2023
By decoding the new EEOC strategic plan, HR leaders can get a better understanding of how the organization aims to address workplace discrimination and promote equal employment opportunities. Stay tuned to discover how the EEOC’s 2022-2026 strategic plan sets the stage for fostering inclusive and diverse workplaces across the nation.
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2022 Health Insurance Outlook, Changes
InterWest Insurance Services
DECEMBER 9, 2021
As we enter 2022, there are a number of changes on the horizon that plan sponsors need to be aware of as they will affect group health plans as well as employees enrolled in those plans. Here’s a list of what to expect in 2022. These rules were all not mandatory and employers could choose whether to relax them or not.
Social Media Background Checks: What Employers Should Know
HR Bartender
APRIL 19, 2022
While employers may use the information discovered in a social media screen to make employment-based decisions, they must still adhere to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidance and follow the same pre-adverse and adverse action rules prescribed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
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NC Court Reiterates that Full Commission, Not the Deputy Commissioner, is the Ultimate Factfinder
The Workcomp Writer
MAY 5, 2022
2022-NCCOA-281, 2022 N.C. LEXIS 282 (May 3, 2022]. In situations such as the case at bar, the appellate court would presume that the Commission found the necessary “good cause” and examine whether the record supported that finding. He subsequently filed a workers’ compensation claim, which the employer denied.
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Cartel Corner | August 2022 (Labor Markets)
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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EEOC Potentially Limits Employer’s Right to Mandate COVID-19 Testing
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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50 years after the National Commission: Is the Workers' Compensation System
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.
UK see largest contraction in Labour Force since the 1980s
Workplace Insight
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
The final report from the two-year Commission on the Future of Employment Support claims that the UK needs ‘once-in-a-generation reform’ to boost growth and improve living standards in the face of a huge contraction in the country’s labour force. percentage points across the OECD.
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What's Hot in Workers' Comp 2022?
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).
Restrictive Covenants Evolve from Common Law to Statutory Regulation: The 2022 Watershed
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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2022 Recap: Changes In Ireland’s Labor And Employment Law
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.
Ohio Court Stresses Not All Employer Parking Lot Injuries are Compensable
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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At the 2022 WCRI in Boston
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.
Most people support shift to a four day week
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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EEOC, OSHA Retaliation Claims Surge
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.
The 1979 Response and History
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).
Government increases national living wage by 9.7% for 2023
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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New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission issues guidance for workplaces
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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EEOC complaint process: Steps and insights employers need to know
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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The Perfume Shop implements on-demand pay
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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Equality watchdog names six employers that have not reported gender pay gap data
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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Structuring Competitive Compensation Packages for UAE Talent
Bayzat
OCTOBER 31, 2024
In 2022, about 42 per cent of workers in the UAE indicated that they would reconsider their employment if their company did not continue to offer long-term remote work options. Sales commissions: Particularly relevant in sectors like real estate, where commissions can form a significant portion of total compensation.
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What ever happened to The Great Resignation?
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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The EEOC Restricts COVID Testing by Employers
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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NC Court Affirms Death Benefits Award Under State’s “Found Dead” Presumption
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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EEOC: Employee COVID Testing Must Be ‘Business Necessity’
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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Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!
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.
NC Court Construes State’s “Injury by Accident” Requirement
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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The Florida OJCC Today
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.
Ohio Court Says Healthcare Benefits and Pension Contributions Not to be Used in Computing AWW
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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90% of employers think living wage is high enough
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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Lay Testimony Insufficient to Establish Causation for MS Claimant
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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Employment Law Changes in the United Kingdom
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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SECURE 2.0 Brings Significant Changes for 403(b) Plans
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 Top 10 Bizarre Workers’ Comp Cases for 2022
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.
PBMs Feeling the Heat on All Fronts
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., ”
PBMs Feeling the Heat on All Fronts
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., ”
Virginia Court of Appeals Affirms Res Judicata Bar in Mileage Reimbursement Dispute
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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Virginia Worker’s Post-Injury Decision to be “Off-Work” Due to COVID-19 Sinks TTD Claim
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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It Isn't Maybe so Simple
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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Lovewell’s logic: Should employers be legally required to support employee health?
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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