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Workers' Compensation
MAY 30, 2022
An employee may have dual employers but ultimately can only receive a single recovery from only one employer for work-related injuries. The “exclusivity doctrine,” permitting a complete recovery of damages against an employer, limits an injured worker’s benefit recovery to the compensation system, barring an intentional tort.
Workers' Compensation
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Reporting Requirements The new EPA asbestos reporting rule requires certain entities that manufactured, imported, or processed asbestos from 2019 to 2022 with annual sales of $500,000 or more to report their asbestos use. The new rule is expected to have a significant impact on employers.
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Workers' Compensation
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Wearing an employer-designated work uniform shouldn’t result in severe and debilitating occupational exposures. Unfortunately, some American Airlines flight attendants suffered injuries from wearing the flight uniforms prescribed by their employer. The lawsuit that they filed lawsuit resulted in a $1.1 Million award.
Workers' Compensation
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
link] CELLPHONE ADOPTION ACCELERATES Cell phones have become an essential tool in the workplace and a significant source of revenue for their manufacturers. Motorola launched the initial commercial cellular network in 1973 as a 1G analog system. Frontiers in Public Health , 7. That is not the case for cellphone radiation. 590, 796 A.2d
Workers' Compensation
JULY 3, 2022
An asbestos manufacturer or supplier that places inadequate warnings on asbestos bags used in the workplace has a duty to warn the worker, regardless of whether it provides the employer with the correct information, which is reasonably intended to reach its employees. 34:15-7 to -35.22.” 34:15-7 to -35.22.” SYLLABUS Thomasenia L.
Florida Workers' Comp
MARCH 15, 2022
The report has been criticized as coming from the perspective perhaps of too many academics, only large employers (2), lawyers (45% of Commissioners), and the usual higher learning institutions. Some have criticized that no service sector or professional employers were involved. Commission Report, Chapter 1.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
APRIL 23, 2020
With the challenges emerging, the public steps announced in some jurisdictions may provide insight into what lies ahead for those who work in and with workers’ compensation. If so, should employers request or demand tests of their employees? Can we keep essential staff safe (at workplaces, with clients, or working from home)?
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