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.

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | What Am I Doing Wrong?? Common FMLA Mistakes (December 5, 2018) (December 05, 2018)

• XpertHR | Software Company Settles NLRB Complaint for $775,000 (December 04, 2018)

• Franczek Radelet P.C | Paying Out a Year-End Bonus or an Incentive Payment: Can an Employer Withhold the Money from the Employee Who Took FMLA Leave? (December 09, 2018)

• Fisher Phillips | Benefits Update (No. 4, December 2018) (December 03, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | 2019 Minimum Wage Rate Increases: The List Grows (December 09, 2018)

• Fisher Phillips | November 2018: The Top 12 Labor And Employment Law Stories (December 05, 2018)

• Brody and Associates, LLC | PTO For the Win: Why Businesses Should Make the Switch (December 11, 2018)

• Fisher Phillips | You May Not Have to Pay Attorney’s Fees in Some FLSA Cases (November 30, 2018)

• XpertHR | Employers Can Now Apply Online to Employ Workers With Disabilities at Subminimum Wages (December 05, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage, Tip, & Overtime Developments (November Edition) (December 03, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | California | Lawsuit Filed Against California’s Attorney General Alleging the Private Attorney General Act (“PAGA”) is Unconstitutional (December 04, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | New York | A Cooperative Dialogue about NYC’s New Cooperative Dialogue Law – and More! (December 03, 2018)

• Fisher Phillips | New York | New York City Sets Nation’s First-Ever Gig Economy Minimum Wage (December 05, 2018)

• XpertHR | New York | New York Revises Employee Scheduling Proposal (December 11, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | New York | Salary History Ban Arrives in New York’s Suffolk County (November 30, 2018)

• FordHarrison LLP | Florida | Florida's Minimum Wage Rate Increases January 1, 2019 (December 05, 2018)

• FordHarrison LLP | California | Non-Compete News: Is a Non-Solicitation of Employees Provision Enforceable in California? (December 09, 2018)

• Ogletree Deakins | Texas | Texas Court of Appeals Rules Austin’s Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Unconstitutional (December 03, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | New York | New Suffolk County, NY, Bill Bans Inquiry into Salary History (December 03, 2018)

• Ogletree Deakins | New Jersey | New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Law -- Proposed Regulations Issued (September 18, 2018)

• Second Circuit | Kassman v. KPMG LLP

• New Jersey | Flanzman v. Jenny Craig, Inc.

• Federal Circuit | Gordon v. United States, No. 17-1845 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 7, 2018)

• Seventh Circuit | Ammons v. Chicago Board of Education

• California | Hernandez v. Pacific Bell Telephone Company

• Seventh Circuit | EEOC v. AutoZone, Inc., 630 F.3d 635 (7th Cir. 2010)

• Seventh Circuit | Reif v. Assisted Living by Hillcrest LLC d/b/a Brillion West Haven, No. 18-C-884 (November 6, 2018)

• Tenth Circuit | Potts v. Center for Excellence in Higher Education, Inc., No. 17-1143 (10th Cir. Nov. 6, 2018)

• Fifth Circuit | Manuel v. Turner Industries Group, LLC, et al., No. 17-30835 (5th Cir. Oct. 1, 2018)

• Supreme Court | Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido, No. 17-587 (Nov. 6, 2018)