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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[EEOC v Sears]]></category>
		<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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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8211; he had a back injury and the employer is being asked to pay for gastric by pass surgery so [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[death at work]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[florida workers compensation]]></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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		<title>National Return to Work Week &#8211; May 10 to 16, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Return to Work]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Return to Work Week is an opportunity for everyone involved in the workers compensation and disability management process to demonstrate their commitment to helping injured, disabled or ill employees stay-at-work or return-to-work. This week highlights the importance of employee retention and employee ability. What can the employee do? Verses what they can not do - Disability does not mean no ability. 
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		<title>Medicare Set-Aside and SCHIP the New Settlement Frontier</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicare secondary payer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article from &#8211; Risk &#38; Insurance &#8211; Read Complete Article Here - 
Medicare, the Bull in the Settlement China Shop 
The Medicare Secondary Payer Act and the new SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 will have very different effects on workers&#8217; comp and liability cases. 
By JAMES POCIUS, an attorney and shareholder with Marshall Dennehey in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workers Comp Radio Program on BlogTalkRadio</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margaret Spence</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a weekly workers compensation radio program on Blog Talk Radio. We will discuss issues in the workers comp system via our Free on-line radio program.
Upcoming shows:
Impact of Injuries on Business Profitability &#8211; September 29, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern-time zone. Do you know what injuries are costing your company? Do you understand how [...]]]></description>
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