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. | Airline Ordered to Pay Flight Attendants $77 Million in Damages (January 31, 2019)

• Nexsen Pruet | IRS Announces New Retirement Plan Guidance for Voluntary Correction Program (VCP) Applications (December 10, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | A $6M Misunderstanding? Pennsylvania Jury Finds Age and National Origin Discrimination (January 31, 2019)

• Nexsen Pruet | Binding Nonsignatories to Arbitration Agreements (December 28, 2018)

• Nexsen Pruet | 5 Tips to Help Employers Avoid Workplace Romance Mishaps (February 06, 2019)

• Franczek Radelet P.C | Recent Developments in Affordable Care Act Compliance: Employer Obligations for 2018 and Beyond (February 04, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | What Did She Say? Dispute Over Content of Voicemails Requires Jury Trial on FMLA Claims (February 13, 2019)

• XpertHR | Google Fined $57 Million for Data Privacy Violations (February 06, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage, Tip, and Overtime Developments (January Edition) (February 01, 2019)

• Goldberg Segalla LLP | Increased Department of Labor Penalties for Labor Violations (February 11, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | California | What Does California's New Sexual Harassment Training Requirements Mean for Staffing Firms? (February 12, 2019)

• Fisher Phillips | California | California Court Ushers In Sweeping Changes For Scheduling Policies (February 07, 2019)

• Fisher Phillips | Michigan | Get Ready! Michigan’s Paid Medical Leave Act Will Be Here Before You Know It (January 31, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | California | California’s Reporting Time Pay Applies to Telephone Calls to Confirm Scheduled Shifts (February 11, 2019)

• Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP | Massachusetts | Update: Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (February 06, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | New York | New York Legislative Update — 2019 Starts With a Roar (February 04, 2019)

• Fisher Phillips | Florida | Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down Miami Beach Minimum Wage (February 05, 2019)

• Brody and Associates, LLC | New York | Westchester County, New York, Passes Earned Sick Leave Law (February 05, 2019)

• XpertHR | Washington | Employers Liable for Employee's Sexual Harassment of Member of Public, Washington High Court Finds (February 08, 2019)

• XpertHR | California | New 2019 California Employment Laws Creating Compliance Challenges (February 15, 2019)

• Fourth Circuit | Parker v. Reema Consulting Services, Inc.

• Second Circuit | Velarde v. GW GJ, Inc., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 3536 (2d Cir. Feb. 5, 2019)

• Ninth Circuit | EEOC v. Global Horizons, Inc.

• California | Ward v. Tilly’s Inc., 2019 Cal. App. LEXIS 95 (Cal. Ct. App. Feb. 4, 2019)

• Third Circuit | Bedoya v. American Eagle Express Inc.

• Illinois | Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment

• Ninth Circuit | Bernstein et al. v. Virgin America Inc., No. 3:15-cv-02277 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 16, 2019)

• Indiana | Q.D.-A, Inc. v. Indiana Dep’t of Workforce Dev., No. 19S-EX-43 (Jan. 23, 2019)

• Third Circuit | Middlebrooks v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., No. 2:17-cv-00412 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 19, 2018)

• Iowa | Sellers v. CRST Expedited, Inc., No. C15-117-LTS (N.D. Iowa Jan. 15, 2019)