Today's post comes from guest author Nathan Reckman from Paul McAndrew Law Firm.According to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics “Workplace Injuries and Illnesses – 2010” report, the United States is becoming a safer place to work. In 2010, there were 3.1 million non-fatal work injuries reported. This translates to 3.5 injuries [...]
The South Carolina Supreme Court found that an exotic dancer was an "Independent Contractor," not an employee. Today's post comes from guest author Tom Domer from The Domer Law Firm.What a wacky week in the world of worker’s compensation. We found that a stripper who was seriously injured by a bullet fired at the club [...]
Your work comp benefits will not increase with the cost of living.If you are injured on the job, it is important to know what your potential benefits may be so you can limit your spending accordingly. Benefits are based on your average weekly wage over the previous year. The exact calculation is a little more [...]
Kim BoboKim Bobo, the Executive Director of Interfaith Worker Justice and the author of "Wage Theft in America," recently spoke at Duke Divinity School and then at N.C. Central University School of Law in Durham, N.C. Ms. Bobo, who was awarded the Pacem in Terris Peace Award in 2012 (other recipients are John F. Kennedy, Mother [...]
A recent fire at a Pakistani garment factory is reminiscent of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fireThe fires in two clothing factories in Pakistan on August 12, 2012, where locked exit doors and lack of safety inspections helped fuel the flames of death for over 300 people, has similarity with the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New [...]
Knee implants you thought would last decades may only last 3 years. Today’s post comes from guest author Brenda Fulmer from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano.Zimmer is an international medical device manufacturer based in northern Indiana. It was founded in 1927, and focuses on the manufacture of products for orthopaedic surgeries. Zimmer’s sales [...]
North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance Wayne Goodwin Wayne Goodwin, the North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance, held the first meeting of the Governor's Misclassification Task Force on September 20, 2012 in Raleigh. Commissioner Goodwin set the tone for the meeting by saying that the purpose of the Task Force was to solve a serious [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Ryan Benharris from Deborah G. Kohl Law Offices in Massachusetts. In North Carolina, we have similar provisions concerning scarring. The maximum benefit is $20,000 for facial scarring and $10,000 for bodily scarring.It might be mighty cheesy to dispense legal advice by citing a bad, sappy love ballad from 90’s [...]
Today’s post comes from guest author Michael Furdyna from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano. In North Carolina, if medical travel is 20 miles or more round trip the rate of reimbursement after January 1, 2009 (on a Form 25T) is .55 cents per mile. While receiving medical treatment related to a workers’ compensation [...]
"Misclassification" is a poorly chosen word to describe fraudulent conduct by employers who misclassify the status of their employees. For example, a roofing company may have 30 roofers doing the actual work but these workers' are classified as "independent contractors" instead of employees. Why would they do that? At the end of the year these [...]