According to The New York Times, employers are reporting difficulty in finding workers' who can pass a pre-employment drug test and many applicants do not even apply for jobs when drug testing is a requirement. Some industries, like trucking, are mandated by federal law to drug test their employees for safety reasons. Since 2013 Quest [...]
I was in San Francisco a few weeks ago, just casually walking down Montgomery Street when I saw a sign on the sidewalk that said: “Church of Scientology – All are Welcome.” I had just read Lawrence Wright’s book, “Going Clear” which told in chilling detail the inside story of this “religion” and I quickly [...]
Today's post was shared by US Labor Department and comes from blog.dol.govA group of Boise construction workers' listen to a presentation during the National Safety Stand-Down this May. For us at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the loss of one workers'’ life is one too many. Workplace tragedies are devastating for the families and [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Thomas Domer, from The Domer Law Firm.I just returned from New Orleans where I made a presentation to about 150 workers'’ compensation lawyers (both for workers' and for employers) on “Case and Client Evaluation In Workers’ Compensation”. Since many in the audience represented insurance companies and employers, I paid [...]
Vibration White Finger (VWF) or “Dead Finger,” now known as Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS), is a chronic, progressive disorder caused by regular and prolonged use of vibrating hand tools that can progress to loss of effective hand function and necrosis of the fingers. In its advanced stages, the obvious symptom is finger blanching (losing color). [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. “Will getting a job hurt my case?” I hear this question on a regular basis from my workers'’ compensation clients. In my experience, the answer is almost always “no.” But if you do find alternate or part-time employment during your workers'’ compensation [...]
Recent years have not been favorable to injured workers'. States across the nation have enacted “reform” measures curbing injured workers' benefits. Disability caps have been introduced, medical care restricted. In our last blog, we discussed Oklahoma’s Opt Out provisions as an example of the court system declaring that the legislature had legislated away too much [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Charlie Domer, from The Domer Law Firm. Another major article addressed the further attacks on the workers' compensation system. This time, there is an in-depth analysis of one specific company--Tyson Foods--and its attempts to influence workers' compensation benefits throughout the country. From Pro Publica, the article is Tyson Foods' Secret Recipe [...]