Employment Laws
Employment law covers all rights and obligations within the employer-employee relationship — whether current employees, job applicants, or former employees. Because of the complexity of employment relationships and the wide variety of situations that can arise, employment law involves legal issues as diverse as discrimination, wrongful termination, wages and taxation, and workplace safety. Many of these issues are governed by applicable federal and state law. This is FindLaw’s collection of Employment Laws articles, part of the Human Resources section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
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Workers’ Compensation General Information
What is a workers' comp claim? If you are hurt on the job you may have a workers' comp claim. The injury can be an "accident" (something that happens suddenly or unexpectedly) or it can be an "occupational disease" (an injury that develops gradually ...
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Workers’ Compensation Has Jurisdiction Of Claim Against Co-Employee
Co-employee immunity was permitted to be invoked in a claim where the fellow employee was not on the actual job site during the time period that the co-worker was injured. A supervisor at Acme Plastics, Inc., during the years 1983 through November ...
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Workers’ Compensation in Pennsylvania
The purpose of the Workers' Compensation Act (the "WCA") is to provide benefits for employees who suffer job-related disabilities, injuries or death. Similarly, the Occupational Disease Act (the "ODA") covers workers whom suffer disabilities or ...
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Workers’ Compensation Law: Coverage, Benefits, Defenses
The Illinois Workers' Compensation Act was first approved by the General Assembly on July 9, 1951. The Act was designed to promote the general welfare of the people of the State by providing compensation for accidental injuries or death suffered in the course of ...
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Workers’ Compensation Law Developments in NJ Supreme Court 1996-97 Term
This was the year that the Court mandated that workers' compensation actions must comply with specific evidentiary and jurisdictional standards. In a series of cases, the New Jersey Supreme Court highlighted the necessity of strict adherence to the ...
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Workers’ Compensation Law: Review of the NJ Supreme Court Term 1998-1999
The New Jersey Supreme Court, struggling to maintain the social remedial aspects of the Workers' Compensation Act, adopted a liberal "quantification of disability" rule to determine the Statute of Limitations date to be utilized in occupational ...
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Workers’ Compensation Legislation Proposed To Increase Benefits
The first major attempt to improve the NJ workers' compensation system has been proposed by Assemblyman Neil Cohen (D-Union). Cohen, who is Deputy Minority Leader, has introduced a package of 9 bills which would increase benefits to injured workers ...
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Workers’ Compensation: Questions and Answers
1. How to select a lawyer. 2. What should I do if injured on the job? 3. Do I have to receive medical treatment from the company doctor? 4. What Benefits am I entitled to? 5. Who pays for the benefits? 6. Overlooked industrial injuries? 7. Unhappy ...
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Workers’ Compensation Rates Increase
New Jersey Workers' Compensation will increase to record benefit levels in 1999. The rate of compensation is based upon the wage of the injured worker for the 26 week period prior to the date of the accident. In occupational disease cases the rate ...
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Workers’ Compensation, Social Security Disability & Long-Term Disability Benefits
Reprinted with permission of California Workers' Compensation Enquirer In the increasingly complex field of workers' compensation, it is more important than ever to insure that a worker's recovery is maximized given the different types of benefits ...
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