Uncategorized HR Tip: Depression and suicide: a growing workplace worry 12 Aug 201920 Jul 2019 It seems daily there are stories about the growing suicide rate and the national decline in health and mental well-being, particularly among young people. There's no escaping the issue in…
Uncategorized Six studies: what does and doesn’t work to improve claims outcomes 7 Aug 201917 Jul 2019 Recently, there has been a plethora of studies related to claim outcomes in workers' comp and group health, several with surprising conclusions. Here are six of them: Workers' Compensation Medical…
Uncategorized “At-will employee” no defense for firing an employee after reporting a safety hazard 2 Aug 201917 Jul 2019 The U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently denied an employer's motion to vacate a jury's award of punitive damages to a former employee of an iron-casting…
Uncategorized Things you should know 24 Jul 201926 Jun 2019 'Safety at Heights': ISEA launches campaign on fall protection, dropped objects prevention ISEA's SafetyAtHeights.org website provides educational resources for employers and workers, including: Facts about dropped objects and workplace deaths and injuries…
Uncategorized Legal Corner 19 Jul 201926 Jun 2019 Workers' Compensation Determining catastrophic injury under Labor Law - California Enacted six years ago, Labor Code 4600 was designed to limit additional impairment (referred to as "add-ons") for psychiatric injuries…
Uncategorized HR Tip: EEOC update – Wellness programs 10 Jul 201926 Jun 2019 Employers remain in limbo on when they can impose penalties or rewards to encourage employees to disclose medical information in health risk assessments. The EEOC had delayed the proposed rulemaking…
Uncategorized Important information on the classification of independent contractors vs. employees 1 Jul 201926 Jun 2019 Department of Labor opinion letter Issued April 29, the opinion letter addresses whether a service provider for a virtual marketplace company is an employee of the company or an independent contractor under…
Uncategorized Things you should know 21 Jun 201912 May 2019 Deadline to submit pay data to EEOC extended A federal court judge has granted the EEOC's request to extend the deadline for employers to report equal pay data (known as…
Uncategorized Legal Corner 17 Jun 201912 May 2019 ADA Trucking firm settles suit over pre-employment screenings Greeley, Colorado-based JBS Carriers Inc., which is the transportation affiliate of multinational meat processor JBS USA Holdings Inc., contracted with a third-party…
Uncategorized HR Tip: Retaliation tops list of EEOC charges for 8th consecutive year 12 Jun 201912 May 2019 A total of 39,469 retaliation charges were filed with EEOC in fiscal year 2018, which ended on Sept. 28, which accounted for 51.6% of the total charges filed. Retaliation means…
