Industry Insights
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Grinberg: Resignation Kills Civil Suit | 01/28/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| California workers’ compensation can often make us sad, but there’s so much reason to rejoice, especially when, on those rare occasions, the stars align, the tea leaves land in just the right way and just for a split second, the world makes sense again. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: What Would You Do With Another $8,000? | 01/27/2020 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The U.S. health care system is costing you $8,000 more than it should. That’s because you, the consumer, are at the mercy of hospitals, insurers, doctors, device companies, pharma. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Skeptical Ruminations on Walmart's Mass Workers' Compensation Settlements | 01/24/2020 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I am not implacably opposed to all that is new. Indeed, I think we need a new, New Deal, and I am not so confident to claim that I know exactly what that should look like. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Snipers, Deputies and Fraud | 01/23/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Some readers may recall an HBO cop drama called “The Wire.” The show focused mostly on the difficulty of prosecuting a drug war in Baltimore against the backdrop of organized crime, poverty, corruption and complacency among career city and state employees. ...Read More | |||
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Young: The 2020 Workers' Comp Quiz | 01/22/2020 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What does 2020 hold for California workers’ comp? ...Read More | |||
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Duff: All the World's a Platform? | 01/21/2020 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I've written a short paper in advance of the 2020 Workers' Compensation Midwinter Conference panel in which I'll be participating on March 28 in New Orleans. The panel is titled, "Workers' Compensation and the 'Gig' Economy: Challenges Flowing From Temporary Work.&quo...Read More | |||
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Langham: Opioids and Credibility | 01/17/2020 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The subject of narcotics was addressed by the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division in Martin v. Newark Public Schools. It is another of those cases that was not pu...Read More | |||
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Castillo: An Unacceptable Reality | 01/16/2020 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Fatal occupational injuries in California jumped to their highest level since 2008, rising to more than 400 deaths for the first time in nearly 10 years. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Dismissals, Rehires and Settlements | 01/15/2020 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A new California law effective Jan. 1 governs settlement agreement language regarding employment dismissals and rehires. An employer and employee can still agree that a settlement includes termination of employment, but the agreement cannot include language that the person is barred from re-...Read More | |||
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Hesemann: 4 Keys to Online Safety Training | 01/14/2020 | |
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| By: Matt Hesemann | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| While the traditional methods of in-person or classroom training will always have their place, obstacles related to geographic disparity, the emergence of telecommuting and other factors have added to the challenges faced by employers attempting to implement safety training across their organizat...Read More | |||
