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State of New Jersey Failed to Address Deficiencies in $96 Million Workers’ Compensation Program

Workers' Compensation

OSC’s 2020 audit found that six claimants collectively filed 266 claims between 1978 and 2016. The Division didn’t follow through on most of what it said it would do,” said Kevin Walsh, Acting State Comptroller. Some of OSC’s findings include: The Division does not conduct regular reviews of employees on long-term leave.

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Small Employers Can Create Maternity Leave Benefits

HR Digest

In a bid to subtly compete with big employers in the attraction and retention of talents, small companies can create suitable maternity leave benefits. The importance of maternity leave goes beyond satisfying the employees but crucial in building a great company culture. Alternatives to maternity leave benefits.

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Companies: When to Call a Labor and Employment Lawyer – Ask #HR Bartender

HR Bartender

It’s a tough termination, you’re not sure if all the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) paperwork was just right, the employee in question is popular but in trouble, you got a strange call from a government agency. As a human resources professional, I’ve worked with my fair share of attorneys.

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Employee benefits for Caregivers in workplaces

HR Digest

People are living longer with more access to medical care and innovations and progress in medicine. Millennials currently make up 25% of caregivers, and given greater longevity among aging and chronically ill family members this number is bound to grow. So with time more people will be forced to take up the caregiver’s role.

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Workers’ Compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? Part 1

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Requiring employers provide financial compensation to workers or their families for work-related injury, illness and death is central to achieving this objective. This category includes state fund insurers that act as the “insurer of last resort” within the jurisdiction.

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New employment laws to watch in 2020

Insperity

The Obama administration planned to raise the minimum to $913 a week, or $47,476 per year, by December 2016. Changes at the state and local level: Paid leave policies. However, some states and local governments are implementing more generous leave policies for employees. As of Jan. LGBT employment protections.

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Six Companies with Great Organizational Culture

Empuls

Company-wide Off Days and Family-friendly leave policies help beat stress, neutralize fatigue, and recharge. This also acts as a real-time pulse (and validation, as it were) of how the company culture is being 'endorsed and embodied' by employees daily. Once inducted, they become part of a close-knit family. "We