WORKERS' COMPENSATION POLICY

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WORKERS' COMPENSATION SAMPLE

The Company complies with Worker Compensation Insurance Laws and provides payment for your medical treatment and part of any income you may lose while recovering from an on the job illness or injury. Specific benefits are prescribed by law depending on the circumstances of each case. It is against the law for a company to terminate or punish an employee for reporting an accident or injury. All reports of first aid, accidents, illness(due to work) and injury must be reported within 24 hours of incident. Statistics show when an incident is reported quickly, the long term expense is less to all parties involved.

• Ogletree Deakins | Does Asking About Employee’s Alcohol Use Violate the ADA? (August 04, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Employer’s Good Deed Goes Unpunished—Reliable Attendance Is Essential Function Despite Prior Accommodation of Employee’s Absences (July 31, 2019)

• Fisher Phillips | Labor Department Confirms That Certain School Meetings Are FMLA-Protected (August 08, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Employer’s Additional Notice Requirement for Requesting FMLA Leave Dooms Attempt to Dismiss Employee’s Interference Claims (August 07, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | The Letters Keep Rolling In: DOL Issues 3 More FLSA and FMLA Opinions (August 12, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | With Broad FMLA “Benefits” Interpretation, Sixth Circuit Faults “No-Fault” Attendance Policy (August 11, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | ADA Litigation Lessons Surfaced From a Zamboni Machine (August 05, 2019)

• XpertHR | Four More States Enact Laws Limiting Noncompete Agreements (August 07, 2019)

• XpertHR | Employees May Use FMLA Intermittent Leave to Attend Children's IEP Meetings, DOL Says (August 13, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | OFCCP Drops Its New Compliance Assistance Guides (August 04, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Massachusetts | Massachusetts Releases Paid Family and Medical Leave Employer Guide, Workplace Poster (March 28, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Illinois | Illinois Enacts Protections for Organ Donation Leave (August 05, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | California | California’s Paid Family Leave Program to Expand from 6 to 8 Weeks (July 31, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | California | Ninth Circuit Asks California Supreme Court: Is Absence of a Formal Meal and Rest Break Policy a Violation of California Law? (August 06, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | California | California AB 5 – How Significant Could One Bill Be? (August 04, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | Washington | Washington State Takes on the Arbitration of Harassment and Discrimination Claims (August 07, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Illinois | Illinois’ New #MeToo-Inspired Law Creates Sweeping Employer Obligations (August 13, 2019)

• FordHarrison LLP | Illinois | Illinois Governor Enacts Major Illinois Employment Law Changes (August 14, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Illinois | Illinois Enacts Workplace Harassment Law, Creating New and Expanded Obligations for Employers (August 12, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | New Jersey | New Jersey to Require Certain Employers to Provide Pretax Transportation Fringe Benefits (August 06, 2019)

• First Circuit | Haidak v. University of Massachusetts-Amherst, No. 18-1248 (1st Cir. Aug. 6, 2019)

• Fifth Circuit | 20/20 Communications, Inc. v. Crawford

• Sixth Circuit | Dyer v. Ventra Sandusky, LLC, No. 18-3802 (6th Cir. Aug. 8, 2019)

• Eleventh Circuit | Moore v. GPS Hospitality Partners IV, LLC

• Fifth Circuit | Texas v. EEOC (5th Cir. 2019)

• Sixth Circuit | Freeman v. Delta Air Lines, No. 2:15-cv-160 (WOB-CJS) (E.D. Ky. June 14, 2019)

• Colorado | Nieto v. Clark’s Market, Inc., 2019 COA 98 (Colo. App. June 27, 2019)

• Eighth Circuit | Lansdale v. UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc., No. 16-4106 (July 23, 2019)

• New Jersey | ADP, LLC v. Kusins, No. A-4664-16T1 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. July 26, 2019)

• Eighth Circuit | Higgins v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., No. 18-1902 (8th Cir. July 24, 2019)