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.

• Goldberg Segalla LLP | Obesity ? Protected Class (June 03, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Bonuses, Pay Increases and FMLA Reinstatement (June 11, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Three Tips to Investigate Harassment Complaints When You Are Not “the Employer” (June 05, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Required Minimum Distributions (June 04, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | Supreme Court Places Another Limitation on Chevron Deference (June 02, 2019)

• XpertHR | Should Employers Rethink Drug Testing Amidst Marijuana Legalization? (June 10, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | IRS Releases Proposed Form W-4 Redesign (June 03, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Timber Harvesting Company Cannot Escape Overtime Liability, But Commute and Meal Break Time Should Not Have Been Included, Sixth Circuit Holds (June 09, 2019)

• XpertHR | JPMorgan Chase to Pay $5 Million to Settle Fathers' Paid Parental Leave Discrimination Claim (June 06, 2019)

• Fisher Phillips | Employers, Beware: SCOTUS Ruling Creates Title VII Litigation Trap (June 03, 2019)

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

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Nevada | Paid Leave Soon to be the Law in Nevada (June 10, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | California | A Dozen Major Employment Law Bills Wind Through the California Legislature (June 06, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | California | Will They or Won’t They: A Look at Some Significant Proposed California Legislation Relating to Leaves, Disability, and Other Protected Time Off (June 03, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Minnesota | Minnesota Wage Theft Bill with New Employer Requirements Takes Effect August 1 (June 11, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | Texas | Paid Sick Leave in San Antonio and Dallas: Answers to Your Frequently Asked Questions (June 09, 2019)

• Franczek Radelet P.C | Illinois | Fair Workweek Ordinance May Be Coming Soon in Chicago (June 02, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | New York | Reminder to Post New York State Election Leave Notices (June 11, 2019)

• Goldberg Segalla LLP | New York | Amendments to New York Election Law Require Postings and Paid Time Off (June 10, 2019)

• Franczek Radelet P.C | Illinois | Illinois’s New Cannabis Law May Leave Employers in a Smoky Daze (June 06, 2019)

• Second Circuit | Vuono, et al. v. Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc., Case No. 1:18-cv-016365-VEC (S.D.N.Y. June 11, 2019)

• Supreme Court | Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson

• New Jersey | Colon v. Strategic Delivery Solutions, LLC, No. A-2378-17T4 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. June 4, 2019)

• Supreme Court | Fort Bend County, Texas v. Davis, No. 18-525 (June 3, 2019)

• Supreme Court | Smith v. Berryhill

• California | Ayala v. U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., et al., No. 15-cv-00137-GW-KK (C.D. Cal. May 5, 2019)

• Second Circuit | Ottley-Cousin v. MMC Holdings, Inc., No. 16-CV-00577 (MKB)

• California | McCool v. Life Insurance Company of North America, et al., No. 17-cv-07766 (November 9, 2018).

• Massachusetts | Sullivan v. Sleepy’s LLC, 2019 Mass. LEXIS 244 (Mass. May 8, 2019)

• Kentucky | Nichols v. Kentucky Unemployment Commission, et al., No. 2017-CA-001156-MR, 2019 Ky. App. LEXIS 73 (Ky Ct. App. Apr. 26, 2019)