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Workplace Injury Coronavirus/COVID-19

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Superior Court Affirms Decision That Claimant Failed to Prove She Contracted COVID-19 at Work, but Does Not Reach Issue of Whether...

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Hudson v. Beebe Medical Center, S23A-10-002 NEP, 2024 WL 36063 (Del. Super. Jan. 3, 2024). Ms. Hudson worked as a front-line nurse for the employer on its COVID-19 floor in the Fall of 2020. She contracted COVID at some...more

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The Employer/Carrier Was Unable to Overcome Presumption, and COVID-19 Found to Be Work-related for Firefighter, Requiring Heart...

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Seminole County, Florida and Johns Eastern Company, Inc. v. Chad Braden, First District Court of Appeals - DCA#: 21-3530, Decision date: Dec. 13, 2023 - The claimant, a firefighter, was hired in 1993 after passing a...more

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Reminder to Post 2023 Annual Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illness in February

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Unless exempt, California employers are required to post their annual summary of work-related injuries and illnesses, in a visible and easily accessible area at every worksite from February 1st through April 30th. Cal/OSHA’s...more

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A Workers’ Compensation Judge’s Approval of a Section 20 Settlement Can Be Contingent on a Petitioner’s Live Testimony

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Key Points: A workers’ compensation judge has the discretion to require live testimony from a petitioner as a condition for approval of a Section 20 settlement. The New Jersey Appellate Division defers to a judge’s findings...more

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OSHA—Critical Updates for 2023 & 2024

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OSHA has been particularly busy and aggressive lately, making good on Biden Administration promises and talking points—hiring more inspectors, appointing new administrators, conducting more inspections, aggressively issuing...more

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What Manufacturers Should Know About the ADA’s Exception for ‘Transitory and Minor’ Impairments

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Under the Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), employers have a viable defense to an Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) “regarded as” claim if the impairment in question was “transitory and minor,”...more

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California’s COVID-19 Non-Emergency Prevention Standard Takes Effect

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The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board’s COVID-19 Prevention Non-Emergency Regulation is now in place. It took effect on February 3, 2023, following approval by the state’s Office of Administrative Law....more

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California Extends Presumption of COVID-19 as Workers’ Compensation Injury and Modifies Notice Requirements for Potential Exposure

In addition to AB 152 extending COVID-19 leave through December 31, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom has also signed into law two other COVID-related bills—AB 1751 and AB2693—affecting employers’ policies regarding employees who...more

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How the Rebuttable Presumption Influences COVID-19  Workers’ Compensation Claims in New Jersey

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Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rise in occupational exposure claims filed for employees who allege they have contracted COVID-19 in the course and scope of their employment. However, unlike other workers’...more

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Workers’ Comp for Remote Employees: Here’s What You Need to Know

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Much has changed in the two-and-a-half years since March 2020, when most of the country went into lockdown due to COVID-19 and most businesses moved to remote work models. As a result of mass layoffs and employee absences due...more

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The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from March 2022

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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OSHA To Address Soaring Injury Rates at Healthcare Facilities

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor reported today that “U.S. healthcare workers experienced a staggering 249 percent increase in injury and illness rates in 2020, based on employer-reported data, as they...more

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German Court Rules Occupational Accidents at Home May be Covered by Statutory Accident Insurance

In the past, Germany’s Federal Social Court (Bundessozialgericht or BSG) has been reluctant to classify employee accidents that employees sustain in their homes as occupational accidents covered by the statutory accident...more

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Littler Global Guide - Germany - Q4 2021

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Infection Protection Act Amended - New Legislation Enacted - According to the amendments to the Infection Protection Act, which came into force on November 24, 2021, and apply until March 19, 2022, employers and employees...more

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300A Alert! Reminder to Post and Report Annual Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses

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California employers are required to post their annual summary of work-related injuries and illnesses, including COVID-19 illness, in a visible and easily accessible area at every worksite from February 1st through April...more

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PEO Pointers: Court Decision Means Employers Could Face COVID-19 Injury and Death Claims for Workplace Exposures

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Welcome to "PEO Pointers," a regular series of quick-read alerts to keep PEOs and their client companies up to speed on the latest issues affecting the industry and what they can do to ensure compliance....more

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California Court Ruling Opens Door to COVID-19 Claims by Non-Employees Catching Virus from Workers

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A common question posed during the pandemic has been whether employers can face liability for COVID-19 infections originating in the workplace. As to employees who contract COVID-19, the answer has been that an employee’s...more

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Communicable Disease Coverage in Workers’ Compensation and Casualty Programs

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COVID-19 brought a heightened interest to the treatment of communicable diseases in casualty insurance policies during 2020. The Delta and Omicron variants have renewed attention to communicable disease exclusions and...more

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[Ongoing Program] Navigating the FMLA, the ADA and Workers' Compensation - November 9th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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Webinar Series: Hot Topics in Employment - Bricker & Eckler’s annual “Hot Topics” seminar is remaining virtual this year! This series provides human resources professionals and in-house attorneys with insight into ongoing...more

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Reducing workers’ compensation and OSHA liability during COVID-19 and beyond

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As the world navigates work-from-home opportunities in the post-COVID era, health care companies are considering their options too. This article provides a practical look into workers’ compensation and OSHA considerations so...more

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Federal Court Concludes That Security Officers Union Lacks Standing To Sue On Behalf Of Its Members For COVID-19-Related Workplace...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 30, 2021, in Massone, et al. v. Washington, No. 20-CV-7906, 2021 WL 3863081(S.D.N.Y. Aug. 30, 2021), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a lawsuit brought by...more

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OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Contains Anti-Retaliation Provision

On June 21, 2021, OSHA’s much-anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) on COVID-19 protections went into effect.  While Proskauer’s Law and the Workplace blog covered the ETS in detail here, this post focuses on the...more

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Heat Illness and Back to Work — Summer 2021

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As we approach the heat of the summer season and as employers begin to re-open after months of COVID-19 quarantine, workers may be out of shape, out of practice on workplace safety procedures, and may have...more

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Limits Tort Claims Related to Conduct Following Worker’s Compensation Injury

On May 20, 2021, the Wisconsin Supreme Court limited the tort claims an employee may bring based on alleged conduct that occurred between injuries covered under the state’s workers’ compensation law. The opinion in Graef v....more

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[Webinar] Lehigh Valley Labor & Employment Seminar - May 26th, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

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Presenters will provide recent legal developments, trends and cases that impact workplace practices and operations; issues related to Covid will be incorporated throughout the presentations. Programming will be presented in...more

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