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New Jersey Appellate Division Finds the Decedent, a Full-time Teacher Who Died of COVID-19, Was an Essential Employee

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Amato v. Twp. of Ocean Sch. Dist., No. A-2542-23 & A-2543-23 (November 25, 2024, approved for publication) - The petitioner filed a dependency claim in which he alleged the decedent (his wife) contracted COVID-19 during the...more

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OSHA Releases National Emphasis Program Protecting High-Risk Workers

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In response to President Biden’s January 2021 executive order, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a National Emphasis Program (NEP) on March 12, 2021, targeting...more

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OSHA Updates COVID-19 Guidance, Faces Lawsuit by AFL-CIO

As the country slowly begins the reopening process, OSHA has issued two new guidance documents—an Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for COVID-19 and Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of COVID-19....more

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California Creates a Rebuttable Presumption that Certain Workers Who Report COVID-19 Illness Are Entitled to Workers’ Compensation...

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On May 6, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-62-20, immediately creating a monumental change in how claims of industrially contracted COVID-19 suffered by the state’s “essential workforce” will be...more

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Governor Newsom Creates Rebuttable Presumption of Workers’ Compensation Eligibility

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On May 6, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order facilitating access to workers’ compensation benefits for essential workers who contract COVID-19 on the job....more

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As Reported Cases Of COVID-19 Near 750,000, The United States Sees First Employee Lawsuit Filed For COVID-19-Related Death

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COVID-19 is at this point ubiquitous, affecting our daily lives in myriad ways. But it has not altered our continuing need to work and generate income. Many of us have reconciled that need by adopting alternative work...more

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