Today's post comes from Kristina Thompson at the Jernigan Law Firm. The Privatization of the Justice System – The Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis Opinion Impact on Workplace Protections "The privatization of the justice system" - those are the words Cornell University labor law professor, Angela Cornell, used to describe the Supreme Court’s recent [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) cases are largely decided by administrative law judges (ALJs). A decision questioning the role of ALJs in another area of the law could cause some major complications for SSDI applicants and SSDI beneficiaries. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Roger Moore, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.Most of the U.S. workforce has the right, provided by the Fair Labor Standards Act, to be paid overtime for working more than 40 hours in a week. Before the federal government set rules for overtime, most employees worked longer hours, and millions [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. Contrary to popular opinion, many immigrants work in professional and white-collar jobs. The explosive growth of immigration to the United States means that more immigrants will work in white-collar jobs in the United States. Since white collar jobs often require verbal communication, immigrants [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Paul J. McAndrew, Jr., from Paul McAndrew Law Firm. This is the second part of a three-part series in which I explain why workers' should claim their rights under workers'’ compensation laws. The first installment explains how employers commonly and purposefully make it difficult for workers' to claim comp. [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Paul J. McAndrew, Jr., from Paul McAndrew Law Firm.I’m starting here a three-part series explaining why workers' should claim their rights under workers'’ compensation laws. The three parts are, in summary: How the employer makes it tough to claim work comp; How the insurer makes it tough to claim [...]
To avoid misclassifying your workers' follow these tips: Don’t make assumptions. If you are a business owner you should consult a tax professional and an attorney to ensure you are complying with IRS and labor laws when hiring staff or contractors. If contracting with staffing companies or labor brokers, make sure those agencies are properly [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Thomas Domer, from The Domer Law Firm.As a worker’s compensation lawyer, I see many news stories through the prism of how the news event or trend will affect injured workers' in the worker’s compensation system. A federal judge in Minnesota has ruled that Honeywell, Inc. can begin penalizing workers' [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.Low and middle income people are the last people to benefit from any economic recovery. For many economic recovery means a return to work the opportunity to put their household finances in order with steady income provided by a job. Unfortunately unpaid debts [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore.With football season upon us, I would like to use football to explain some common situations that employees face. I get a lot of calls from white-collar professionals who have long careers with a company but then are laid off a few months [...]
