According to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, workers’ compensation claims from “employees working at a diminished capacity” because of a flu or cold cost businesses $250 billion each year. The report shows that sick workers usually perform below their normal standards and the likelihood for injury increases ...
Surveillance cameras can help companies prevent fraudulent workers’ compensation claims, but employers must ensure they follow appropriate internal surveillance guidelines. CEC Entertainment Inc., which manages over 500 Chuck E. Cheese restaurants, has seen a reduction in workers’ compensation claims and liability costs since they installed security cameras in all their ...
Pay and benefits for U.S. workers saw modest growth from July through September, which suggests the unsteady labor market is holding back compensation. The employment-cost index grew 0.4% from the second quarter to the third, the Labor Department said Wednesday. Although the employment-cost index grew, it fell short of the ...
The South Carolina Supreme Court recently ruled that police officers who kill suspects in the line of duty are not eligible for workers’ compensation. The Court ruled 3-2 that current work comp laws do not cover cops who use deadly force in the line of duty, because that is part ...
Yesterday the ALF-CIO (America’s largest group of labor unions) released the 2012 Death on the Job Report. The report compiled and analyzed statistics from the last four decades. The results showed an overall decrease in work related deaths, but an alarming number of workers are still being injured and killed ...
California’s work comp system, specifically the mandatory insurance program, is changing. The objective of the overhaul is to provide better insurance for injured workers without causing business premiums to rise. They are attempting to accomplish this goal by squeezing waste out of the state’s $15 billion work comp system. The ...
Minnesota has a strong migrant worker community, primarily due to the farming needs and processing plants across the state. Some estimate that more than 20,000 migrant workers are employed in Minnesota each year. While (obviously) not all migrant workers are "illegal" workers, such a large migration community may raise the question: are ...
Often in workers' comp cases, employees are not awarded enough compensation for their medical needs. Minnesota work comp laws are very complicated. As a result, many workers are taken advantage of by their employers, and required to pay for pricey prescriptions and medical appointments. Don't be fooled. If you're injured at ...
Getting injured at work can be hard enough by itself. But when your employer takes improper actions against you following a work injury, it can be downright unbearable. Thankfully, Minnesotans have legal protections against improper employer actions. In this article, we'll discuss just a few statutes that protect injured workers in Minnesota. The Minnesota ...
