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Report Link South Carolina Alert - Workers' Compensation Update: Governor Signs Executive Order Requiring Commission Use of Objective Standards.Ogletree Deakins - September 26, 2007 In response to concerns regarding the lack of predictability or objective standards in workers' compensation awards for permanent impairment, on September 20, 2007, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford signed Executive Order 2007-16, directing the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission and its individual commissioners to "strictly apply either AMA Guides or any other accepted medical treatise or authority in making their injury compensation determinations" in contested cases. Executive Order 2007-16 also requires that on a quarterly basis beginning on January 1, 2008, the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission and its individual commissioners are to provide written confirmation, to the Office of the Governor, that they have used such objective standards in rendering compensation awards in the preceding quarter. Executive Order 2007-16 is effective immediately. Report Link South Carolina Workers' Compensation Reform Signed Into Law (pdf).Nexsen Pruet - July 11, 2007 On July 25, 2007, Governor Sanford signed a bill that makes a number of changes to South Carolina workers' compensation system. Most of the changes apply to claims for injuries occuring on or after July 1, 2007. Report Link Governor Signs Workers' Compensation Reform Bill to Take Effect July 1, 2007.Ogletree Deakins - June 29, 2007 On June 25, 2007, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford signed into law a measure reforming workers’ compensation law in South Carolina. Senate Bill 332 (R163), which takes effect on July 1, 2007, applies to accidents and injuries occurring on or after that date (unless otherwise provided). The bill was reportedly passed in response to workers’ compensation premiums increasing at an alarming rate and concerns expressed by employers over recent court decisions.
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May 13, 2008 Littler2008 Public Sexual Harassment Training for supervisors and managers.Universal City
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2008-5-14 SHRM Morris County ChapterThe Connecticut Sexual and Other Harassment Education and Training in the Workplace ActHartford
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May 14, 2008 LittlerHealth Care's New Labor and Privacy Law Frontiers: Defusing Tomorrow's Problems TodayDenver
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