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		<title>Did You Know that OSHA is Responsible for the Whistleblower Protection Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[What's OSHA Up To]]></category>
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		<title>Texas Medical Supply Company Submits Almost $1 Million of Fraudulent Claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Star-Telegraph - Kay Ann White, 45, owner and operator of Electra Enterprises and... <a class="meta-more" href="http://workerscompgazette.com/texas-medical-supply-company-submits-almost-1-million-of-fraudulent-claims/">more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Workers Comp Benefits Paid to Employees Over 80 Years Old</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, on Tuesday asked the Government Accountability Office to start looking into... <a class="meta-more" href="http://workerscompgazette.com/federal-workers-comp-benefits-paid-to-employees-over-80-years-old/">more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Workers Compensation Provider Consolidation Continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last six months we have seen consolidation after consolidation – the question for... <a class="meta-more" href="http://workerscompgazette.com/the-workers-compensation-provider-consolidation-continues/">more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>AIG Will Pay $100 million in Fines for Under Reporting Workers Compensation Premiums</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[My Articles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Insurance Department announced a 50 State settlement with AIG for misclassifying workers compensation... <a class="meta-more" href="http://workerscompgazette.com/aig-will-pay-100-million-in-fines-for-under-reporting-workers-compensation-premiums/">more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6.2 Million Reasons to Implement a Proactive Workers Compensation Return to Work Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sears ADA Settlement - 6.2 Million dollars]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 29, 2009, The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a record-setting consent decree resolving a class lawsuit against Sears, Roebuck and Co. (Sears) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for $6.2 million. The consent decree, approved by Federal District Judge Wayne Andersen, represents the largest ADA settlement in a single lawsuit in EEOC history.]]></description>
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		<title>Employer Must Pay for Gastric-by-Pass Under Workers Compensation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[workers compensation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Employers are being asked to take on more or more burdens for employees who are... <a class="meta-more" href="http://workerscompgazette.com/employers-must-pay-for-gastric-by-pass-under-workers-compensation/">more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Workers Compensation Return to Work Programs &#8211; An Investment or Drain on Corporate Resources?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 06:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 if you are considering a layoff. Workers Compensation is not forgiving and the system is built to punish employer’s long term for decisions they make now. Frankly, employers are not in a win-win situation when it comes to workplace injuries. If you leave the employee at home, the insurance carrier pays them to be there. This, in turn, affects the amount of money you pay for premiums. If you refuse to bring the employee back to work you may be in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act – ADA. If you bring the employee back to work in a nonproductive light-duty position that has them counting paperclips, you are paying state and federal taxes as well as benefits for an employee who is not contributing anything to your bottom line.]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Company Fined $53,162 for Child Labor Violation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 22:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[child labor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Demon Demo, Inc was fined $53,162 after a teenage worker fell from a second story deomolition site. The teenager later died. The company was sited under the new Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 which increases the maximum level of civil penalties for child labor violations that results in the work related death or serious injury of a minor. The company was also fined for failure to pay overtime pay. Read full article ]]></description>
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		<title>Property Managers Fatality Highlights Traveling Employee Exposure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[coming and going rule]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ellen's family sought payment of death benefits and funeral expenses, asserting that Ellen was a traveling employee at the time of her death. The JCC (Worker Comp Court) denied the benefits finding that she was not in the course and scope of her employment when the accident happened. The further asserted that Ellen was not a traveling employee pusuant to FS 440.092(4). Is an employee who travels for his or her employer always covered by workers compensation? Read what the Judges ruled in this case. ]]></description>
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