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Idaho High Court Overturns Prior Decision; Carrier May Not Unilaterally Stop Benefits for Employee’s Failure to Attend IME

The Workcomp Writer

3d 458 (2003) had been wrong. The Court said that only the Commission had the authority to adjudicate medical exam disputes under the statutes. Only the Commission was empowered to order the implementation of the enforcement mechanisms in Idaho Code § 72-434. The employee sought intervention from the Commission.

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Issue Commentary: Compensability of Injuries Sustained as a Result of Inoculations

The Workcomp Writer

Citing a 1928 decision by the state’s Supreme Court, the appellate court held that since the flu shot was not mandated by the employer, the fact that the inoculation was received at the employer’s facility, while the manager was on the clock, did not mean the injury was work-related. Walgreen Co. 2016-Ohio-8304, 2016 Ohio App.

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Departures and Progress

Florida Workers' Comp

As an office, the OJCC was then beginning a new iteration of itself, a growth from its days in Commerce, Labor and Employment Security, and a deeper history of conjunctive co-existence in the old Commissions. By the time Judge Stephens left, in 2003, Judge Smith had departed.

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Commotio Cordis: Is Damar Hamlin’s Injury Compensable?

The Workcomp Writer

During the past ten days or so, I have discussed (via e-mail) the Damar Hamlin injury with several HR officials who serve as liaison between their respective employers and their employers’ comp carriers. In other words, argued the second HR official, Hamlin’s injury did not arise from his employment , but rather from his medical past.

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Payroll in the last 12 months: wage theft, legislation, natural disasters and global crises

Ascender

On March 2020, the Fairwork Commission introduced changes to annualised salaries , affecting over 22 modern awards including the Clerks Private Sector Award 2010. This update makes getting pay right even more complicated for employers in 2020. New Zealand: Holiday Act of 2003 Remediation. China: Income tax system overhaul.

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Payroll and the financial year that was: wage theft, legislation, and crises

Ascender

On March 2020, the Fairwork Commission introduced changes to annualised salaries , affecting over 22 modern awards including the Clerks Private Sector Award 2010. This update makes getting pay right even more complicated for employers in 2020. New Zealand: Holiday Act of 2003 Remediation. China: Income tax system overhaul.

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What's Hot in Workers' Comp 2022?

Florida Workers' Comp

Each state has one (50), then there is the federal system, the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) that largely covers railroad employees, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Some are managed by a director, other by a board or commission (a critic or two complains that some seem not to be managed at all).