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Sep 03, 2015

Workers’ Compensation:  The Man-made Quagmire (Part 2 of 3)

By |September 3rd, 2015|employment law, Uncategorized, Workers' Compensation|0 Comments

Today's post comes from guest author Paul J. McAndrew, Jr., from Paul McAndrew Law Firm. This is the second part of a three-part series in which I explain why workers' should claim their rights under workers'’ compensation laws. The first installment explains how employers commonly and purposefully make it difficult for workers' to claim comp. [...]

Aug 31, 2015

We’re Having A Worldwide Heat Wave: How You Can Stay Safe

By |August 31st, 2015|Uncategorized, Workers' Compensation, Workplace Injury, Workplace Safety|0 Comments

Today's post comes from guest author Catherine Stanton, from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano.A few weeks ago, I read about a crisis occurring in Pakistan and India. In Pakistan, a week-long heatwave killed more than 1,200 people and in India, the heat killed close to 2,200. Tens of thousands more were treated at [...]

Aug 27, 2015

Roofing Company Owner Faces Felony Charge for Not Paying Workers’ Comp

By |August 27th, 2015|Fraud, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case, from Causey Law Firm.A Mason County, WA roofing contractor faces a criminal charge for allegedly failing to provide workers'’ compensation insurance for his employees while they were on the job. The Washington State Attorney General’s office has charged Peter Daniel Yeaman, 55, with unregistered contracting and doing [...]

Aug 24, 2015

Seattle Employer Fined More Than $215,000 for Serious Safety Violations

By |August 24th, 2015|Safety, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case, from Causey Law Firm.A Seattle employer has been cited for multiple serious workplace health violations after a worker became entangled in a rotating shaft while working inside a confined space. In connection with the citation, the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) fined Industrial Container Services $215,250 [...]

Aug 20, 2015

Justice Scalia’s Influence on Legal Writing is Questioned

By |August 20th, 2015|Government, Uncategorized, United States Supreme Court|0 Comments

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of the University of California Irvine School of Law School and Constitutional Law ScholarErwin Chemerinsky, Dean of the University of California Irvine School of Law School and author of the textbook Constitutional Law, recently wrote an op-ed for the L.A. Times in which he noted a pattern he has seen in [...]

Aug 17, 2015

A New Standard for Beryllium

By |August 17th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Today's post was shared by US Labor Department and comes from blog.dol.govBeryllium is a remarkable metal: lighter than aluminum but strong as steel. It’s found in a wide range of products, from cell phones to satellites, is an important material for the defense industry, and it is an essential component of nuclear weapons.But exposure to [...]

Aug 13, 2015

Occupational Asthma, or Work-Related Asthma, and Workers’ Compensation

By |August 13th, 2015|Chemical Exposure, occupational asthma, Uncategorized, work-related asthma, Workers' Compensation|0 Comments

Occupational asthma (OA) is asthma that's caused or worsened by breathing in chemical fumes, gases, dust or other substances on the job. Typical symptoms of OA are: chest tightness, wheezing, and shortness of breath. OA accounts for approximately ten to twenty-five percent of adult onset asthma. (Dykewicz, MS. Occupational Asthma: Current Concepts in Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, [...]

Aug 10, 2015

NIOSH Training for Nurses on Shift Work and Long Work Hours

By |August 10th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Today's post was shared by US Labor Department and comes from www.cdc.govTraining and EducationCDC Course Numbers: WB2408 and WB2409Course DescriptionThe purpose of this online training program is to educate nurses and their managers about the health and safety risks associated with shift work, long work hours, and related workplace fatigue issues and relay strategies in [...]

Aug 06, 2015

1,00 Walmart, J.C. Penney, And The Children’s Place Employees Dead After Building Collapse

By |August 6th, 2015|Uncategorized, Workplace Injury, Workplace Safety|0 Comments

On April 24, 2013, an eight-story factory, known as The Rana Plaza, in Bangladesh came tumbling down killing 1,100 workers' and leaving 2,500 injured. This number includes workers' and their children that were in the onsite nursery at the time the building collapsed. The most disturbing part is that the employers knew that the building [...]

Aug 03, 2015

Federal Regulators Link Workers’ Comp Failures To Income Inequality

By |August 3rd, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Today's post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from www.npr.org A few hours after ProPublica and NPR issued the first in a series of reports about workers' compensation "reforms" sweeping the country, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration coincidentally released a paper linking workplace injuries to income inequality. The OSHA paper and [...]

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