Worker’s Compensation, Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law

Paying Your Bills After Your Work Injury

by Gelman Gelman Wiskow & McCarthy LLC on 5/20/2013

If you were injured at work and are disabled you may have many questions, such as, who is going to pay for your hospital and medical costs if you can’t work?...more

Malfunctioning Dump Truck Instantly Kills Alabama Worker

by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 1/14/2013

A horrific New Year's Eve workplace accident has left one family in east Alabama completely devastated following the death of their loved one. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will likely lead an...more

Reality Bites: Know the Law Before Using That Hidden Camera

by Daniel A. Schwartz | Pullman & Comley, LLC on 1/4/2013

During the holiday break, I did what many lawyers do (but will publicly deny): I watched a few ”bad” reality tv shows. No, I didn’t watch “Here Comes Honey Boo-boo” (even I have my limits). But on the Food...more

A New Year Brings New Compliance Obligations for Employers

by Christopher E. Cobey | Littler on 12/21/2012

As 2012 winds to a close, a look back at legal developments demonstrates that state legislatures were busy all year long. Every year, employers are inundated with new employment laws and regulations that impose new compliance...more

Has Workplace Safety Increased Or Decreased In New Jersey In The Past Five Years?

by Berry, Sahradnik, Kotzas & Benson on 12/11/2012

When employers keep their workplaces safe, they can hold the line on workers compensation costs. More importantly, their most valuable resource — their employees — remain healthy and productive. ...more

Supreme Court Approves Vacating Prior PTD Award

by H. Dill Battle III, Lindsay Griffin Smith | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 11/28/2012

Summary - In Roy Justice v. West Virginia Office Insurance Commission and Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc., No. 11-0113 (W.Va. Nov. 14, 2012), the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued a significant decision impacting...more

What You Need to Know: Willful OSHA Violation In New Jersey

by Law Offices of Robert Olkowitz, P.C. on 11/14/2012

According to OSHA, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, accidental deaths on construction sites are most commonly caused by falls. More importantly, deaths from falls can be prevented with the proper training....more

Employer Handbook: Workers’ Compensation Retaliation

by Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 11/7/2012

Who, What, Why . . . Who does it apply to: All employers, whether subscribers to workers’ compensation insurance, or not. What is the issue: Employees of businesses that make workers’ compensation claims sometimes...more

California Overhauls Workers' Compensation, Aims to Slash Insurance Costs for Employers

by XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 10/31/2012

California employers are likely to see a reduction in the cost of their workers' compensation insurance with the passage of SB 863, signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on September 18, 2012....more

Police and Fire Fighters Have Extra Benefits

by Virginia L. Hunt on 10/29/2012

In Nevada, police officers and fire fighters have additional workers' compensation coverage and benefits for some injuries and illnesses that Nevada employees of other occupations do not have. The laws that are unique to...more

2012 Workers Compensation Reform In California

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 10/25/2012

Workers Compensation reform is on the way. Cynics might ask, didn’t we do this several years ago? Yes we did. In the late 1990’s, overutilization of medical services, higher-than-normal indemnity benefit costs, and...more

Hiring Long Lasting Employees

by Robert Freedman - Partner at Tharpe & Howell,... on 10/18/2012

Hiring long lasting employees is of great benefit to a business, even these days when workers are especially mobile, often changing jobs and employers on a regular basis. The old paradigm of workers staying with one...more

Workers' Compensation Appeals Board Has Exclusive Jurisdiction To Adjudicate Claims For Discrimination Based On Filing A Workers'...

by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 10/17/2012

In Dutra v. Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta (--- Cal.Rptr.3d ----, Cal.App. 3 Dist., September 26, 2012), a California Court of Appeal considered whether a lawsuit alleging that an employee had been wrongfully terminated due...more

Federal Court Holds That FLSA’s “Fluctuating Workweek” Method of Overtime Compensation Violates PA Law

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 10/8/2012

In the wage and hour realm, even the most knowledgeable Pennsylvania employers often are unaware of potential compliance pitfalls presented by state law. Like the FLSA, the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (“PMWA”) contains...more

California Tightens Restrictions on Referrals of Workers’ Compensation Patients

by Buchalter Nemer on 9/28/2012

On August 31, 2012, the California legislature approved Senate Bill 863, which, among other things, added Section 139.32 to the Labor Code. This provision creates a new series of referral prohibitions relating to the...more

As they say on Project Runway - Make it Work (for you): The Intersection of Work Comp and the Family and Medical Leave Act

by Davis Brown Law Firm on 9/17/2012

This is a BIG topic. You can write volumes, not just a blog post, on the intersection of Work Comp and FMLA. These issues are always complicated by the fact that work comp attorneys and employment law attorneys are like...more