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Did You Know that OSHA is Responsible for the Whistleblower Protection Program
OSHA Issues Whistleblowers Guidance:
In a continuing effort to improve the Whistleblower Protection Program, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that it is implementing additional...
Texas Medical Supply Company Submits Almost $1 Million of Fraudulent Claims
According to the Star-Telegraph - Kay Ann White, 45, owner and operator of Electra Enterprises and Electra Med in Kennedale, submitted $917,392 in fraudulent claims to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act and the Federal Employees’...
Federal Workers Comp Benefits Paid to Employees Over 80 Years Old
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Tuesday asked the Government Accountability Office to start looking into possible waste, fraud and abuse in federal workers’ compensation benefits.
The federal government pays benefits to about 49,000 federal...
The Workers Compensation Provider Consolidation Continues
Over the last six months we have seen consolidation after consolidation – the question for industry leaders, will this affect employers ability to pick and choose providers to manage their workers compensation claims?
The current list of companies...
AIG Will Pay $100 million in Fines for Under Reporting Workers Compensation Premiums
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced a 50 State settlement with AIG for misclassifying workers compensation premiums. The following press release was issued by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department:
AIG to Pay $100 Million in Fines...
6.2 Million Reasons to Implement a Proactive Workers Compensation Return to Work Program
Employers are so focused on managing workers compensation injuries that they often forget that the injury itself is the gateway to employment litigation. Until now, employers have systematically overlooked and downplayed the link between the...
Employer Must Pay for Gastric-by-Pass Under Workers Compensation
Employers are being asked to take on more or more burdens for employees who are injured on the job. Today I read the following AP Story regarding an employee who was hired weighing 340 lbs – he had a back injury and the employer is being...
Workers Compensation Return to Work Programs – An Investment or Drain on Corporate Resources?
Imagine if everyone shared your vision of getting ill or injured employees back to work? In today’s tough economy, it may be difficult to sell your company on the benefits of continuing to offer injured employees viable light duty jobs especially...
Georgia Company Fined $53,162 for Child Labor Violation
From the Department of Labor – Website – 5/5/09 – Press Release
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has fined Demon Demo Inc. a child labor civil money penalty following an investigation into the death...
Property Managers Fatality Highlights Traveling Employee Exposure
Case: Bruce Houck, Individually and as the Representative for the Estate of Ellen Houck, Deceased vs. Tarragon Management and AIG Claims Services, Inc. No. 1D08-0081 (Fla. 1st Dist. Ct. App. 02/24/09)
Date of Accident: September 8, 2002
Background:...
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