The Workcomp Writer

AUGUST 15, 2023

Lewis went on medical leave beginning in December 2017. The first six months of her leave were covered by short-term disability, and after that she was placed on long-term medical leave. In May 2018, the doctor cleared her to return to work as long as she wore her right wrist brace.

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AssuredPartners

JANUARY 18, 2018

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Insperity

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The number of Americans ages 65 and older is projected to nearly double, from 52 million in 2018 to 95 million by 2060, according to Population Reference Bureau’s “ Fact Sheet: Aging in the United States.” As the nation’s population ages, more employees are taking on the role of caregivers. And it’s a trend that’s only picking up steam.

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AssuredPartners

DECEMBER 12, 2018

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Genesis HR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Paternity leave in Massachusetts is a hot topic of discussion right now. At Genesis HR, we’ve seen more inquiries about paternity (and parental) leave in the last several months than we have in all the years before it combined! The Emergence Of Paternity Leave. What is “standard” paternity leave? Click To Tweet.

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HR Digest

APRIL 20, 2022

According to EEOC’s pregnancy discrimination lawsuit , Cassone hired the employee in early April 2018 when she was around 12 weeks pregnant. This claimed behavior is in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , as modified by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which forbids discrimination against pregnant employees.

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Business Management Daily

JANUARY 6, 2020

Most deal with implementing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Guidance on the definition of “qualifying relative” for individual income tax purposes. This follows up on Notice 2018-76, which sets five criteria for corporate deductions for employees’ meals. Guidance on contributions to and benefits from paid family and medical leave programs.

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Insperity

JANUARY 15, 2019

A patchwork of state and federal laws was eventually replaced when Congress set minimum age requirements with the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938. Here are a few major employment law trends sweeping the country: Sick and family leave. In 2018, a new sick leave or family leave law seemed to appear every week.

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Business Management Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

GINA, or the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, outlaws genetic discrimination. If co-workers, for example, find out that a worker or his family member’s genetic disorder, any harassment violates GINA. An Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) request may reveal a genetically-linked disability. GINA definition.

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 5, 2022

The issues will include: evaluating temporary disability benefits, delivering medical treatment, and estimating the nature and extent of disability. New sequencing testing provides hope to speed identification and treatment, and those should be rapidly deployed in the workers’ compensation medical delivery system over the next few weeks.

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Genesis HR Solutions

JANUARY 31, 2019

Maternity leave is a hot topic in the United States. As many families juggle full-time work with raising families, tensions over the lack of required maternity leave in the workplace continue to grow. The United States is the only developed country that doesn’t require paid parental leave. Click To Tweet.

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Florida Workers' Comp

MAY 5, 2022

See Medical Excuse (April 2022). I got some interesting feedback on that situation, and for the most part there was skepticism of the medical excuse, similar to that expressed by the Justice cited there. Her assignment was family law, a jurisdiction that can often involve young children in proceedings. Another news outlet, U.S.

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Business Management Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

When employees know they have to back up leave requests with appropriate medical information, FMLA leave abuse falls. While you don’t want to discourage appropriate leave – think containing a flu epidemic – encouraging calling-off-while-well isn’t a good strategy. What you should ask for depends on the reason for leave.

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AssuredPartners

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Workers compensation is a state-level social insurance program that provides financial, medical, and rehabilitation benefits to workers who sustain job-related injuries or illnesses. By Michael Dworsky, Nicholas Broten, 2018. This fragmentation of care is viewed as a major problem.

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Business Management Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

These laws include the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ). Get medical information to confirm that this is an employee with depression or other mental health issues. FMLA leave is also available intermittently. Mental health problems and the ADA.

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cipHR

AUGUST 20, 2019

Paid parental bereavement leave is due to be introduced in April 2020. Under the Employment Rights Act 1996 , employees currently have the legal right to take ‘reasonable’ time off to deal with an emergency – such as the death of a child – this entitlement is only to unpaid leave and does not necessarily allow for a longer time off to grieve.

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Genesis HR Solutions

OCTOBER 3, 2019

They must also be free to leave the workplace. Parental Leave & Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) in Massachusetts. Parental Leave. Under the Massachusetts Maternity Leave in the Workplace law, the Commonwealth required employers to provide eight weeks of unpaid maternity leave to employees.

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Hppy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

It’s a matter of understanding both the legal and human aspects of the situation, and acting as a bridge between the employee and the organization. At the same time, HR must support the employee by communicating the available benefits, healthcare options, and potential adjustments to their role or responsibilities.

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Business Management Daily

JANUARY 14, 2020

Plus, creating a telecommute option opens the door to Americans with Disability Act (ADA) accommodation requests to work at home. Allowing remote work during a Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ) leave requires careful management. Source: Telecommuting Trend Data , GlobalWorkplaceAnalytics.com 2018.

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Business Management Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The Fair Labor Standards Act ( FLSA ) also requires employers to pay employees for time donning and doffing protective equipment. The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees. Supervisors must recognize requests for leave and refer them to human resources.

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Benefit Resource Inc.

AUGUST 7, 2018

“FMLA” refers to the Family and Medical Leave Act. It is a federal law that guarantees certain employees up to 12 workweeks of unpaid leave each year with no threat of job loss. A qualifying leave arising from a spouse, child or parent as a “covered active duty” military member.

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LACE Partners

JANUARY 9, 2023

A key part of understanding the bigger picture for people when they leave the workforce for the golf course. . In 2018, The UK’s Chief Medical Officer, announced findings from years of research, that showed that working in some meaningful manner until the age of seventy, increases life span in men up to twenty years.

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Hireology

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Hireology has seen significant growth throughout 2018 – we’ve received nearly 13,000 applicants, 7,000 quality candidates and hired more than 100 new employees. We hold ourselves accountable to never leaving candidates hanging and wondering if they will hear back from our team.

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Genesis HR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

While these may seem like foundational components of HR, many businesses don’t have these things—as a result of these lacking hiring and training processes, their employees’ roles are unclear, goals are not achievable, and employees become dissatisfied and leave. Many states are enacting paid leave and other types of leave laws.

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Benefits Notes

MARCH 31, 2021

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “ARPA”) into law. All group health plans that provide major medical benefits subject to federal COBRA rules are subject to the ARPA COBRA rules. Subsidized COBRA. The ARPA contains several new rules which impact COBRA benefits.

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cipHR

AUGUST 22, 2022

Biometric residence card (BRC) – for family members of European citizens who themselves are not from a European state. If there’s a time limit on an individual’s right to work, you’ll need to conduct a follow-up check before the expiry date – such as with a limited leave to remain, or pre-settled status under the EUSS.

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Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Leaving work with time and energy is rare these days. According to Robert Brook, professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, “There are times when you should just shut your phone off and enjoy the moment.” Phone notifications tend to interfere with your family and personal time. Overall Personality Development.

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Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Leaving work with time and energy is rare these days. According to Robert Brook, professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, “There are times when you should just shut your phone off and enjoy the moment.” Phone notifications tend to interfere with your family and personal time. Overall Personality Development.

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Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Leaving work with time and energy is rare these days. According to Robert Brook, professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, “There are times when you should just shut your phone off and enjoy the moment.” Phone notifications tend to interfere with your family and personal time. Overall Personality Development.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 11, 2019

Requiring employers provide financial compensation to workers or their families for work-related injury, illness and death is central to achieving this objective. Workers in some sectors such as agriculture and small businesses may not be covered in all states (see NASI, Workers’ Compensation: Benefits, Costs and Coverage, 2018 Table A.1,

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Higginbotham

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Disgruntled Employee – Many acts of theft or data breach happen after a termination. Lost Sales – Multiple episodes of food poisoning in 2018 caused Chipotle’s sales to collapse. Consider the family situation of each worker. Confrontation – A takeover, merger or a struggle for management control can bring a crisis.

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Achievers

AUGUST 3, 2020

When you address the manner in which your company wants to interact with the outside world, it leaves employees feeling hopeful and inspires trust in your customers. leaves your business looking ordinary. Their guiding values include: Act with uncompromising honesty and integrity in everything we do. Make them unique.

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Empuls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

family-owned superstore chain, observed that increasing the frequency of employee rewards from twice a month to twice a week led to a 5% increase in customer satisfaction. When an employee leaves, the respective team needs to absorb the extra work, creating more unsatisfied, unwilling employees. And it directly means happy customers.

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Business Management Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Soon, employees will begin calling off, often requesting FMLA leave. An estimated 79,000 Americans died of flu-related illnesses in the 2017-2018 season. These are the Family and Medical Leave Act ( FMLA ), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act’s religious discrimination provision and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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