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Data brokers could be mining employee data, the CFPB isn’t happy

Business Management Daily

Via your keystroke and mouse-jiggling trackers The National Labor Relations Board is already concerned with employers monitoring employees after hours. It has also expressed unease over the sale of employees’ data by the companies collecting it to financial institutions, insurers, and other employers. wasn’t a plan asset.

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Employee considers leaving employer which cancels annual leave

Employee Benefits

, while another added: “I once heard and never forgot it: ‘Poor management on your behalf, does not constitute an emergency on mine.’” While we know of few employers that would cancel an employee’s leave out if the blue, this serves as a cautionary tale for any that may ever consider doing so!

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Ex Parte Contact With IME Doctor Results in Sanctions Against MS Employer

The Workcomp Writer

It struck the amended report and ordered the Employer and Carrier to pay all costs related to the doctor’s deposition. After all, said the court, it is an independent medical examination [emphasis mine]. LEXIS 175 (May 2, 2023)]. He filed a workers’ compensation claim. The administrative judge ordered an independent medical evaluation.

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Employment and Labor Law in Australia

Global People Strategist

The country has strict employment and labor laws that are also controversial in how strictly their deportation rules are enforced for undocumented migrant workers. Employment and Labor Laws in Australia. Basic Employment and Labor Laws in Australia. The only exemptions are as follows: Sole traders. Partnerships.

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Injury at work? What are your rights to compensation?

Take It Personel-ly

Employers, especially those who employ people in manual labor jobs like construction or mining, have a direct responsibility to look after their employees. Going to work can be difficult enough day in and day out without being worried that you have caused an injury to yourself.

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Household Contact Awarded $30 Million Verdict for Mesothelioma

Workers' Compensation

Employers have a responsibility not only to their employees but also to their household contacts, individuals who live in the employee’s home. Attorneys for the employee’s wife demonstrated that the Decatur facility used talc mined in Vermont and New York to keep tires and rubber components from sticking together.

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Top Blog Posts of 2023

Workers' Compensation

Household Contacts can sue an employer for harm caused by COVID The longstanding principle that household contacts of an employee can sue an employer for harm has been upheld in a California claim. Employers Fined $1.3 This blog has had over 2 million views. Here is a list of the most popular posts in 2023. Happy New Year!