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.

• Brody and Associates, LLC | Hold The Phone...Full-Time Attendance Is Not An Essential Function Of The Job! (April 10, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Dear Littler: Can Employees be Exempt from Income Tax? (April 03, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Fourth Circuit Reaffirms That Regular, Reliable Attendance Is Essential Function Of Most Jobs (April 01, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Dear Littler: An employee was diagnosed with the measles. What do we do now? (April 08, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | I Hate My Boss: Sixth Circuit Shuts Down ADA Request for Less Stressful Boss (April 11, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | What Am I Doing Wrong?? Common FMLA Mistakes (April 11, 2019) (April 11, 2019)

• Brody and Associates, LLC | Can Your Employee Bring Her Dogs To Work? (April 16, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | Share and Share Alike: Sharing Essential Job Functions May Qualify as a Reasonable Accommodation (April 11, 2019)

• XpertHR | Pressing Questions on Reasonable Accommodations under the ADA and FMLA (April 17, 2019)

• Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP | DOL Issues Opinion Letters About Compensation for Volunteer Work and Expansion of FMLA Leave Entitlements (April 04, 2019)

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

• Fisher Phillips | California | California Wage & Hour Update (No. 2, April 2019) (April 08, 2019)

• Brody and Associates, LLC | New York | Nice Boots, Nice Hair, and One Touch Makes For Sexual Harassment Under NYC Law (April 11, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | Arizona | New Arizona Garnishment Legislation Signed Into Law (April 09, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | New York | New York City Publishes Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Video and New FAQs (April 10, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | California | Employer Prevails In FCRA Class Action In California (April 16, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | California | California Bill Would Expand Definition of Race to Include Hairstyle (April 08, 2019)

• XpertHR | New York | New York Poised to Provide Employees With Three Hours of Paid Voting Leave (April 09, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | New York | New York Employees Get Up To Three Hours of Paid Time Off to Vote (April 04, 2019)

• Fisher Phillips | Kentucky | Kentucky Employers Face New Pregnancy Accommodation Law (April 10, 2019)

• Massachusetts | Gammella v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro

• Indiana | Perkins v. Memorial Hosp. of South Bend, No. 18A-CT-1340 (Ind. Ct. App. Apr. 11, 2019).

• Fourth Circuit | Beller v. Wal-Mart Transp., LLC, No. 17-cv-530, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52887 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 28, 2019).

• Fourth Circuit | Hannah P. v. Coats, No. 17-1943 (4th Cir. Feb. 19, 2019)

• Ninth Circuit | Kamakeeaina v. Armstrong Produce, Ltd., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50863 (9th Cir. March 22, 2019)

• Eleventh Circuit | Lewis v. Union City, No. 15-11362

• Supreme Court | Shaw v. Psychemedics Corp., Opinion No. 27869 (S.C. March 20, 2019)

• New York | Andryeyeva v. New York Health Care, Inc., No. 11, and Moreno v. Future Care Health Servs., Inc., No. 12, 2019 N.Y. LEXIS 617 (N.Y. Mar. 26, 2019)

• Fifth Circuit | Parrish, et al. v. Premier Directional Drilling, L.P., No. 17-51089 (February 28, 2019)

• Second Circuit | Fox v. Costco Wholesale Corporation