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June 2013

Does Your Employer Provide Short Term Disability?

June 23, 2013

Short term disability coverage can save your financial future in some cases. The idea behind this is to make sure that employees who suffer some sort of an injury or illness that puts them out of work for a while can survive without their paychecks. Oftentimes, this allows them to keep their job and to […]

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Tripped at Work: Your Rights

June 23, 2013

Matt washes dishes at a busy and successful restaurant in the heart of a NYC neighborhood.  He works long hours, so he’s always grateful for the stress mats that are placed in front of the sink.  The mats protect his feet from the hard, industrial tile while the holes in the mat allow for any […]

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Workers Compensation Should Not Cost You Your Job

June 20, 2013

Judy works in the shipping department of a Georgia Pecan farm and factory.  During the holiday season, the small shipping department was overwhelmingly busy and cluttered.  She had made suggestions to her supervisor to build extra shelving to keep orders (in boxes) off of the floor, but her suggestions were rejected.  Instead, he told her […]

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Female employee sacked after affair with boss wins Employment Tribunal claim

June 19, 2013

A female employee has won her Employment Tribunal claim for unfair dismissal and sexual harassment after she was fired in 2011. The female employee (who cannot be identified for legal reasons) started work at the property firm, based in central London, as a personal assistant in 2008. Soon after she started work at the firm […]

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Psychological Damage from Stress at Work

June 18, 2013

Stress kills. There’s no way around this. When you’re in a stressful environment, whether it’s your workplace or somewhere else, your body goes through changes that you cannot control. The stress response is set up to deal with situations that may have been common long ago—being chased by a bear, for instance—but that rarely happen […]

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North Wales company heavily fined after worker injured in fall

June 18, 2013

A business based in north Wales has been heavily fined after a worker suffered a serious injury in a fall at work. A haulage firm in north Wales has been heavily fined and ordered to pay the prosecution’s costs after a worker suffered a serious injury in a fall from height in 2011. The unnamed […]

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Update on Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Reform – Will It Really Save Businesses Money?

June 16, 2013

Oklahoma’s workers’ comp system is currently being reformed. If you haven’t heard this news, the most important takeaway at this moment is that the system is reforming to a more administrative stance than one ruled by the courts. The theory, and I say theory for a reason, is that reform will bring savings for business […]

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Sacked heart doctor makes Employment Tribunal claim for unfair dismissal

June 12, 2013

A heart specialist has given evidence before an Employment Tribunal after he was sacked by a Hospital Trust in 2010. Dr Raj Matthu was suspended by the University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust in February 2002 on allegations that he had been bullying and harassing other staff members. He had previously – in […]

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Virgin Atlantic worker’s claim for sexual harassment comes to the Employment Tribunal

June 12, 2013

A Virgin Atlantic employee’s claims for discrimination and harassment have come to a full hearing in the Employment Tribunal in London. Mr Ashley Roberts, 30, works at Virgin Atlantic. He submitted a claim for sexual harassment to the Employment Tribunal last year after taking employment law advice on the merits of his claim as he […]

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Accident at work leads to fine for Birmingham demolitions company

June 6, 2013

A Birmingham demolitions company has been fined and ordered to pay costs after a worker at its plant in Warwickshire suffered an injury at work. A Birmingham-based demolitions firm has been fined and ordered to pay costs by Solihull Magistrates’ Court after it was found that the business had breached key health and safety regulations, […]

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