Workplace Insight

APRIL 7, 2024

Recent guidelines issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) aim to simplify employers’ legal obligations to support workers going through menopause. A growing topic of conversation in the workplace and beyond, menopause has become increasingly recognised in employment guidance.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 22, 2024

Federal Trade Commission announced a ban on non-compete agreements across the U.S. on April 23, 2024, and the ban was expected to go into effect on September 4, 2024. Image: Pexels Non-compete Agreements Ban Blocked by Judge The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and tax service firm Ryan.

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InterWest Insurance Services

JANUARY 12, 2024

workers struggle with mental health issues and stress, more employers are offering new chatbot apps to help them. A survey this past summer of 457 employers by Willis Towers Watson found that 24% of them offer a “digital therapeutic” for mental health support. As a record amount of U.S.

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InterWest Insurance Services

MAY 14, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission on April 23 approved a new rule that bans employers from requiring new employees to sign non-compete agreements. The rule will take effect in August 2024, after the commission voted 3-2 to approve it. However, it should be noted that the day after the rules were announced, the U.S.

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HR Digest

JUNE 22, 2024

Workers with full-time jobs can work with an additional part-time employer for five hours a day apart from their existing eight-hour commitment to their primary employer. Greece’s labor reforms in 2024 will apply to the public sector, public utilities, banks, and private sector businesses that are working on a five-day workweek.

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COMPackage

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Incentive Compensation: Any bonuses, commissions, or other performance-based pay. Benefits: A list of all benefits provided by the employer, such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and life insurance. It typically includes: Base Salary or Wages: The employee’s hourly or annual pay rate.

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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. The post Equality watchdog names six employers that have not reported gender pay gap data appeared first on Employee Benefits.

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Employee Benefits

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

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 As such, employers should ensure there is wider support in place to facilitate positive financial wellbeing.

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The Workcomp Writer

JULY 29, 2024

The Alaska Supreme Court has provided important clarification on the limits of the “buddy” exemption in determining employer status under the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act. Tidwell , 2024 Alas. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the agencies had erroneously applied the so-called “buddy” exemption beyond its intended scope.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MAY 14, 2024

An intriguing story started last November when a Douglas County Probate Court Judge was before a Judicial Qualifications Commission in Georgia. Fox5 Atlanta reported last summer that she faced "40 allegations of alleged judicial misconduct," after ten others had been dropped by the Commission because "some did take place before.her candidacy."

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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 As such, employers should ensure there is wider support in place to facilitate positive financial wellbeing.”.

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The Workcomp Writer

JULY 8, 2024

Butterball, LLC , 2024 N.C. LEXIS 565 (July 2, 2024)]. Accordingly, the employee’s tort action against her employer was not barred by the exclusive remedy doctrine. Accordingly, the employee’s tort action against her employer was not barred by the exclusive remedy doctrine. Their shift ended at 4 p.m.,

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 22, 2024

Maneuvering through the tricky terrain that occurs when the injured employee and the employer agree on a “medical only” award, with the employee returning to light work status, but receiving full pay, the Court of Appeals of Virginia held that because Va. of Corrections , 2024 Va. 16, 2024)]. Virginia Dept. LEXIS 15 (Jan.

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InterWest Insurance Services

JUNE 20, 2023

1, 2024 will have 30 days from their formation to file reports. Exemptions Businesses that are exempt from the reporting requirements include: Issuers registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 1, 2024 will have 30 days to file reports after their formation. Starting Jan. Inactive companies.

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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

JULY 10, 2024

The Court of Appeals of Virginia recently affirmed a finding by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission that a thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) qualifies as “heart disease” under Va. Moore , 2024 Va. LEXIS 385 (July 9, 2024)]. LEXIS 385 (July 9, 2024)]. It had done so in the instant case.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

JANUARY 30, 2023

provisions that specifically impact 403(b) plans include changes to: (1) amounts available for hardship distributions, (2) eligibility to participate in pooled and multiple employer plans, (3) treatment of long-term, part-time employees, and (4) potentially , investments in collective investment trusts. However, SECURE 2.0

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McDermott Will & Emery Employee Benefits

JUNE 12, 2024

Readers may be familiar with the Federal Trade Commission’s latest noncompete rule, which goes into effect on September 4, 2024. The state of Washington has placed additional restrictions on the use of noncompetition agreements. Read more here.

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BerniePortal

APRIL 16, 2024

On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a final rule on The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA).

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The Workcomp Writer

AUGUST 26, 2024

Labor Comm’n & Lowe’s , 2024 UT App 119, 2024 Utah App. LEXIS 125 (August 22, 2024)]. In a previous appeal, the Court of Appeals had determined that Ackley’s fall was idiopathic and remanded the case for the Commission to determine if work conditions increased her risk of injury. Ackley again appealed.

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The Workcomp Writer

APRIL 8, 2024

Comm’n , 2024 IL App (1st) 230609WC, 2024 Ill. His injuries, even on the employer’s premises were, therefore, compensable. Following arbitration hearings, the arbitrator found that the claimant failed to meet his burden of proving that he sustained an accident that arose out of and in the course of his employment.

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 4, 2024

28, 2024)]. The court stressed that the special employer had sufficient control over the work of the temporary worker to create an employment relationship between the it and the injured worker. The Commission concluded, therefore, that Ward was a dual employee. Commerce Constr. Ward appealed. 310 Ark 756, 840 S.W.2d

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The Workcomp Writer

JULY 22, 2024

Wass the heart attack caused by some work-related factor or, alternatively, was it the result of other non-employment factors, such as cigarette smoking, unhealthy diet, or hypertension? Comm’n , 2024 IL App (1st) 221878WC, 2024 Ill. LEXIS 1685 (July 19, 2024)]. Illinois Workers’ Comp.

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Florida Workers' Comp

APRIL 28, 2024

I wrote a piece recently about a bill in the 2024 Florida Legislative session that focused on the effect on medical practices. On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission issued a rule. This is not an employee/employer setting, but a buyer and seller setting. Is the FTC action limited to the employee/employer?

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HR Digest

JUNE 25, 2024

The documentation is extensive and the suggestion for harassment prevention among contractors falls in line with the commission ‘s Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2024-2028. However, the recommendations are in the best interest of the employer and employee.

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Workers' Compensation

JUNE 8, 2024

Primetime Contractors contested the citations and penalties to the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. The settlement requires the employers to undertake the following enhanced abatement measures: Conduct a pre-job hazard assessment for each job. Ensure field employees receive at least 10-hour OSHA training.

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Empuls

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In the ever-evolving labor and employment laws landscape, staying informed about your rights and entitlements as a worker is paramount. In the United Kingdom, the National Minimum Wage (NMW) is a crucial aspect of employment law. The minimum wage is the lowest legal hourly wage that an employer must pay its employees for their labor.

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The Workcomp Writer

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The employer and its carrier controverted the claim and, following a series of hearings, an independent medical examination and the deposition of claimant’s evaluating physician, a WCLJ disallowed the claim. Lopez Matos Constr., LEXIS 475 (3d Dept.

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The Workcomp Writer

AUGUST 27, 2024

In a decision construing Alabama’s application of the successive-compensable-injury test, the Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama held that an employer may remain liable for medical expenses necessitated by the aggravation of a preexisting work-related injury caused by a subsequent, non-occupational motor vehicle accident [Victoryland v.

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Higginbotham

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

IRS Announces 2024 FSA, Retirement Plan Limits Earlier this month, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released cost-of-living adjustments and inflation-adjusted limits for 2024 that affect amounts employees can contribute to health flexible spending accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs).

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 12, 2024

. § 97-44), the state’s Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by the North Carolina Industrial Commission denying an injured employee’s petition to receive a lump-sum payment related to her award of permanent and total disability (PTD) [ Blackwell v. Instruction/ Buncombe Cnty. LEXIS 176 (Mar. Noting that G.S. § 97-44 (2018). 24, 870 S.E.2d

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In response to this, the Scripps Clinic Medical Group lawsuit alleged that the organization had violated the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1975 by forcing physicians into retirement. The EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan Fiscal Years 2024 – 2028 The U.S. The Scripps $6.8 According to the U.S.

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 18, 2024

12, 2024)]. During the week, the employees stayed at a Greenwood motel paid for by the employer. The employees were also issued debit cards on which the employer advanced the employee a per diem for the next week. Kelly Natural Gas Pipelines, LLC , Miss. LEXIS 107 (Mar. The employee and his family lived in Bay Springs.

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Employee Benefits

JULY 31, 2024

An extension of the national living wage (NLW) to all adults should be phased in year by year and the NLW rate should rise at least in line with median earnings after the government updated the Low Pay Commission’s (LPC) remit. Paul Nowak, general secretary at the TUC, said: “Hard work should pay for everyone. in April 2025 – up 3.9%

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Workplace Insight

APRIL 15, 2024

These institutions were successfully merged in January 2024, and the new museum will retain and grow the staff of both its predecessors. An online seminar, open to all interested participants, will be held on 24 April 2024. The deadline for Entries to Stage 1 is 29 August 2024.

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Employee Benefits

APRIL 15, 2024

New guidance offers advice on reasonable adjustments employers can make, but these will vary depending on an employees’ role and an employer’s sector. Employers should adapt their policies according to the guidance to promote fairness and inclusivity in the workplace.

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The Workcomp Writer

JUNE 11, 2024

LEXIS 417 (May 30, 2024)]. The court reversed a trial court judgment affirming an award, finding that his disease was not attributable to his “type of employment.” The claimant failed to prove his lung condition was attributable to his “type of employment” as a financial advisor. Morgan Stanley appealed to the circuit court.

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