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Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Occupational Exposure to Cellphone Radiation

Workers' Compensation

Last week, the French government requested that Apple stop selling the iPhone 12 model because of excessive radiation detected during recent tests. link] CELLPHONE ADOPTION ACCELERATES Cell phones have become an essential tool in the workplace and a significant source of revenue for their manufacturers. Frontiers in Public Health , 7.

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NJ Supreme Court Enhances Workplace Safety and Adopts an Updated Standard for Medical Causation

Workers' Compensation

An asbestos manufacturer or supplier that places inadequate warnings on asbestos bags used in the workplace has a duty to warn the worker, regardless of whether it provides the employer with the correct information, which is reasonably intended to reach its employees. 34:15-7 to -35.22.” 34:15-7 to -35.22.” SYLLABUS Thomasenia L.

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

It is, of course, one thing for a state to allow the use of marijuana in the treatment of injuries and diseases, but quite another to require employers and/or insurers to reimburse injured workers in connection with a workers’ compensation claim. The appellate court disagreed with the employer’s premise. 3d 924 (N.M.

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Workers’ Compensation: What’s payroll got to do with it?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

.); "total amount paid to employees over a period," hence, via records-keeping, "list of employees receiving pay." [ See [link] ] Today, the word “payroll” more often than not refers to the department or system that manage employer costs for a range of employee compensation components. Wages and salaries cost employers $25.22

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Workers’ compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? Part 2

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Part 1” at [link] or [link] ] In my previous post, I described the range of public policy insurance arrangements governments use in the workers’ compensation insurance market. As noted, the market for workers’ compensation is not a free market but one that is altered by government interventions and oversight.