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 | New Enforcement Guidance on “No-Fault” Attendance Policies and FMLA Leave (September 10, 2018)

• Franczek Radelet P.C | BREAKING: Get Your New FMLA Forms from the DOL Here! (September 05, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | NLRB Invalidates Voluntary Severance Agreements, Orders Reinstatement and Full Back Pay (September 09, 2018)

• XpertHR | Drug Test Should Not Have Disqualified Medical Marijuana User, Federal Court Rules (September 12, 2018)

• Phelps Dunbar LLP | EEOC Takes Aggressive Stance on Employee Drug Testing Amid Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic (September 12, 2018)

• FordHarrison LLP | Pregnant Woman Fired by Text Message: "Sorry . . . But It's Not Going to Work Out" (September 06, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | DOL Issues Updated FMLA Forms (September 06, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | New Version of Model FCRA Summary of Rights Released; And You Have One Week to Comply (September 16, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | In Private Letter Ruling, IRS Approves 401(k) Student Loan Repayment Benefit (September 05, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Department of Labor Issues Additional FLSA Opinion Letters, Acknowledges New “Fair Reading” Standard for Overtime Exemptions (September 05, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Maryland | Maryland Employers, Are You Ready? New Sexual Harassment Law Takes Effect October 1 (September 12, 2018)

• Ogletree Deakins | Michigan | Paid Leave: Coming to a Michigan Workplace Near You (September 09, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Michigan | From Ballots to Bills: Michigan Adopts Paid Sick and Safe Time Law and Raises the Minimum Wage (September 11, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Michigan | Michigan Passes Paid Sick Leave Law (September 17, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | California | California Countdown 2018: Which Labor and Employment Bills Will the Governor Sign? (September 05, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | New York | Significant Compliance Challenges in New York State's Proposed Anti-Sex Harassment Rules: What Can Employers Do Now? (September 07, 2018)

• Fisher Phillips | New York | State Appeals Court Expands Scope Of NYC’s Marital Status Discrimination Law (September 12, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | New York | Reminder: New York City Employers Must Distribute Fact Sheet, Post Notice on Sexual Harassment Law by Sept. 6 (September 06, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Connecticut | Connecticut Continues to Extend Protections to Employees under State Medical Marijuana Law, Rejects Federal Preemption Defense (September 11, 2018)

• Goldberg Segalla LLP | New York | New Legislation on Sexual Harassment Will Signifigcantly Affect the Handling of These Cases for Municipalities (September 06, 2018)

• Second Circuit | Noffsinger v. SSC Niantic Operating Co., LLC, d/b/a Bride Brook Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., No. 3:16-cv-01938, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150453 (D. Conn. Sept. 5, 2018)

• Eighth Circuit | Eggers v. Wells Fargo Bank NA, No. 16-4376 (August 13, 2018)

• Seventh Circuit | Smith v. Rosebud Farm, Inc., No. 17-2626, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 21481 (7th Cir. Aug. 2, 2018)

• Sixth Circuit | Gaffers v. Kelly Services, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 22613 (6th Cir. Aug. 15, 2018)

• Nevada | Shores v. Global Experience Specialists, Inc., 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 61 (Aug. 2, 2018)

• Ninth Circuit | Dutta v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

• Tenth Circuit | Lincoln v. BNSF Railway Company, Inc.

• Third Circuit | Cotto v. Ardagh Glass Packing, Inc., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135194 (D.N.J. Aug. 10, 2018)

• Ninth Circuit | Golden v. California Emergency Physicians Med. Grp., No. 16-17354 (9th Cir. July 24, 2018)

• Third Circuit | Sessoms v. Trs. Of the Univ. of Pa., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 16611 (3rd Cir. June 20, 2018)