The Chartwell Chronicles: New Jersey Attorney Fees
The Chartwell Chronicles: New Jersey Caselaw Updates
What's the Tea in L&E? Injury or Disability: What's the Difference?
The Chartwell Chronicles: Understanding the Medicals
The Chartwell Chronicles: Florida Workers' Compensation
LFLM LAW with L.A.W - EPISODE 20 - Legal beginnings - A New Attorney’s Journey
The Chartwell Chronicles: FAQs & Hot Topics
The Chartwell Chronicles: Second Injury Fund
The Chartwell Chronicles: Release & Resignation
LFLM LAW with L.A.W - Are AMEs still the solution with Tanya Johnson, Attorney, San Francisco
Detecting Fraud in New Jersey Workers' Compensation
The Chartwell Chronicles: New Jersey Workers’ Comp Alert
LFLM LAW with L.A.W - Adjuster to Attorney
Risk Transfer, Employer Liability, and Grave Injuries: Who Is Going to Pay?
LFLM LAW with L.A.W - Remote Trials
The Chartwell Chronicles: Expanding Our Conversation
The Chartwell Chronicles: Medical Provider Claims
The Chartwell Chronicles: Total Temporary Disability
OSHA Recordkeeping Regulations: Understanding the Fine Print
The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) has published a revised workers’ compensation Notice to Employees, which Massachusetts employers should use starting September 16, 2024....more
Robert Jorden Bressler v. Florida School Board Assn and Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co., No. 1D2022-4145, Apr. 11, 2024 - The claimant, a senior claims adjuster, worked remotely in Orlando and once a quarter went to...more
On May 21, 2024, Governor Ned Lamont signed into law HB 5005, which significantly expands the state’s existing paid sick leave law as described below. Covered Employers and Employees - While Connecticut was the first...more
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
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
Q: Is there new legislation that expands COVID-19 protections to California employees? A: Since the beginning of 2020, employers have had to make significant changes to their operations due to an increasing number of newly...more
When must an Employer’s First Report of Injury be filed? The employer must submit information about the injury to the insurance carrier within five (5) days of the employee's notice of injury. ...more
An Illinois employee of Power Solutions International Inc. (Power Solutions) filed suit against his employer alleging violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) when Power Solutions collected his...more
Nous vous proposons, dans cette newsletter, de revenir sur les nouvelles règles applicables au détachement de salariés en France, issues de la loi Avenir professionnel du 5 septembre 2018, applicables pour la majeure partie...more
The lack of timely notice is a defense to traumatic injury claims. A claimant must provide notice of the accident within 90 days, as required by Section 17 (N.J.S.A. 34:15-17), if not, there is a valid defense to the claim....more
OSHA issued a new Site Specific Targeting (SST) Plan effective October 16, 2018. Unlike prior versions, this new SST Plan utilizes the 2016 300A data that many employers electronically submitted in December 2017. The new SST...more
Many readers know that statutory protections passed by state legislatures and Congress are often written to favor the rights of employees. One such statute is South Carolina’s workers’ compensation law. The law requires...more
Earlier this year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its final rule to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses. The new rule has two components – one relating to employee...more
By existing OSHA regulations, most employers (those with more than 10 employees) are required to complete and maintain records pertaining to serious work-related injuries and illnesses, using the OSHA 300 Log, OSHA 301...more
As reported by HR Legalist, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a set of new recordkeeping and reporting rules in May 2016. A central provision of the new rules, which requires employers of a...more
Our clients take very seriously the legal duty to insure or self-insure for workers' compensation. In the wake of reportage that was critical of everybody involved in the noninsured phenomenon, employers are aware that civil...more
Insured's Notice to Broker Satisfied Policy Requirements, Illinois Court Rules - Why it matters: An insured's notice to its broker satisfied the policy's notice requirements, an Illinois appellate panel recently...more