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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.

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Are Workers’ Comp Insurers ready for what comes next in the COVID-19 crisis?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

In-person medical exams are often required to determine disability or treatment, site visits may be needed to determine causation or return-to-work accommodations, and personal home visits may be required to facilitate recovery and vocational rehabilitation or counselling. Getting back to anything close to normal will be a long process.

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Covid-Related Lawsuits Skyrocket

Abel HR

Rounding out the top five were Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) leave violations (144), wage and hour disputes (113) and disability discrimination (95). Similarly, leave requests related to Corona need to be uniformly allowed for all staff, not just those that interact with clients or have a customer-facing role.

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6 must-have policies for a strong employee handbook

Insperity

So, unless you’re your business’s sole employee – or you’re running a family business with only you, your sister and cousin as employees – you need an employee handbook. It’s a roadmap of how they should act, and it speaks to your company culture. Not having clear policies can mean big problems. Code of conduct. Race/color. Disability.