LexisNexis has selected some of the top “noteworthy” panel decisions issued by the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board during the period January through June 2024. The first part of this year yielded a number of cases addressing medical-legal procedure, including a decision ...
California: The Importance of Cases of First Impression By Hon. Colleen Casey, Former Commissioner, California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Cases of “first impression” seldom wander into our workers’ compensation world. Whe...
The article discusses court cases related to workers' compensation and employers' liability laws in the U.S. The legal cases mentioned in the article include, plaintiff Brown & Co. versus defendant Cassens Transport Co, appellant Sarah Fortney versus appellee Airtran Airways Inc., and petitioner...
Immigrant workers and worker's compensation: The need for reform cases, statutes, and policies that act as barriers to access for immigrant workers, conducted by reviewing case law and basic compensation statutes in all... JDR Smith - 《American Journal of Industrial Medicine》 被引量: 33发表:...
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This does not mean the directive is inapplicable to such workers (the intent of the authors is irrelevant to the interpretation of the text), but it may be less likely to be tested. Borderline cases, such as food delivery services or transport services, are more likely to be scrutinized. ...
it’s unlikely that the government will drop the proposed new duty to prevent sexual harassment or the planned enhanced enforcement provisions which give tribunals a discretion to increase compensation by up to 25% for breach of the employer duty in sexual harassment cases. Whether or not the bi...
Under current law, every State has a “work training and unemployment compensation” system of some sort. Workers who apply for unemployment compensation after losing a job can apply for it but they have to attend training programs in most jurisdictions. It is a subsidized process. Proposal for...
(1965), held that the worker's exclusive remedy was within the workers' compensation scheme. That the lending agency retained the right to assign the worker to other duties and had the right to fire him did not alter the fact that the defendant corporation had...
held a Washington appellate court recently. CitingLarson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, the court held that the construction company had sufficient control over the work of the officer and the officer had consented to the arrangement. The company had such control ...