Hundreds of individuals have been exposed to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide while at work, including 150 employees at Middleville Tool and Die in Michigan when a hi-lo vehicle malfunctioned emitting carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide fumes, and 3 construction workers' in Berkley, California who were operating a gas power washer inside a building. Carbon [...]
The author, Arlie Russell Hochschild, a sociologist from Berkeley, California, has attempted to understand the Tea Party movement by going to rural Louisiana. Over a five-year period she got to know the people of this region; attended political events, including Donald Trump rallies; and became friends with many hard-working men and women, all of whom [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.The Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the so-called “Oklahoma Option” in Vasquez v. Dillard’s was one of the biggest events in the world of workers'’ compensation. Vasquez represents a growing trend by advocates for injured workers' recognizing that workers'’ compensation is [...]
Number Value Non-Employee Fraud Cases 10 $ 412,000,000 Employee Fraud Cases 0 $ 0 Total $ 412,000,000 Four of the top ten cases in 2016 are from perennial offender California, three from Florida, one each from Massachusetts and Texas, and one involving 20 different states. The misclassification of employees by employers continues to create dramatic financial [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Roger Moore, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.In 1991, the Social Security Administration drafted a rule that explained that controlling weight was given to medical opinions from treating sources about the nature and severity of claimants’ impairments if they are well-supported by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques and [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Charlie Domer, from The Domer Law Firm.State workers' compensation laws are facing increased scrutiny from the federal government. As reported by NPR, the U.S. Labor Department is exploring the idea of further oversight of state-run workers' compensation systems. The full Labor Department report can be found here. Traditionally, beginning [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Charlie Domer, from The Domer Law Firm. If you are a younger worker, you are more likely to get hurt on the job. That is the conclusion in a recent interesting article in Occupational Health & Safety: Protecting our Future: Young Worker Safety on the Job. The article offers theories [...]
President Barack Obama signs the "Fair Pay and Safe Workplace" executive order Today's post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.A federal judge in Texas recently issued a temporary injunction against the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. The order would have required contractors applying for federal contracts to disclose any [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Roger Moore, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.Most of the U.S. workforce has the right, provided by the Fair Labor Standards Act, to be paid overtime for working more than 40 hours in a week. Before the federal government set rules for overtime, most employees worked longer hours, and millions [...]
Howard Berkes and Michael Grabell have been investigating the decline of workers' compensation for Pro Publica and NPR. Today's post comes from guest author Edgar Romano, from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano.Howard Berkes and Michael Grabell have been shining a light on the deterioration of state workers' compensation benefits over the last decade. A [...]