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29 Aug 2013, 11:43 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Employee misclassification also generates substantial losses to the Treasury and the Social Security and Medicare funds, as well as to state unemployment insurance and workerscompensation funds. [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 4:26 am by David DePaolo
I've highlighted Texas in the past as a state where workers' compensation is actually a profitable line of insurance business, with the implication of course that the state has things figured out for an efficient, well run, system. [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 5:37 am by admin
Meanwhile, workers who protest rulings against them are losing in record numbers to insurance companies at “contested case” hearings held by the Texas Department of Insurance’s WorkersCompensation Division. [read post]
6 Aug 2013, 3:39 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division affirmed this commitment in the announcement of the Justice Department suit against Omnibus Express, stating “We are committed to enforcing the INA so that work-authorized individuals have equal access to employment in the United States. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 4:37 am by David DePaolo
Nearly any state of any consequence has workers' compensation guidelines. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 8:55 am by admin
Much of his settlement went to paying back the worker’s compensation he received. [read post]
31 May 2013, 5:24 am by David DePaolo
Some may dispute this, but Texas continues to be a leading innovator in workers' compensation concepts, and not just because it is the home of non-subscription.Prior to September 1, 2005, before the Texas Workers' Compensation Commission (TWCC) became the Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) and the agencies duties were reorganized under the Department of Insurance, Texas was fodder for… [read post]
17 Apr 2013, 2:21 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Enforcement of USERRA & Other Rights of Military Service Members Rising In announcing the suit against Cook County and the Cook Pension Plan, Jocelyn Samuels, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division warned, “The Justice Department is committed to vigorously enforcing federal laws that protect the employment rights of our service members. [read post]
8 Apr 2013, 4:37 am by David DePaolo
Based on the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations data, there are about 2 million active businesses in the state as of March 2013. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 10:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) that determined that the insurer willfully violated minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 8:47 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  According to the Labor  Department, an investigation by its Dallas Wage and Hour Division office found that The Christmas Light Co. [read post]
14 Jan 2013, 5:03 am by Kit Case
The department’s Division of WorkersCompensation issued the company two stop-work orders within a five-year period. [read post]
2 Jan 2013, 5:27 am by Jon Gelman
The department’s Division of WorkersCompensation issued the company two stop-work orders within a five-year period. [read post]
19 Dec 2012, 4:34 am by David J. DePaolo
Another Texas Tribune article, dated September 16, 2010, questioned Zedler's access to confidential TMB and Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) information to help donor physicians who were the subject of TMB and DWC investigations: "Of the five physicians whose cases Zedler took it upon himself to review, at least two were campaign contributors, campaign finance records show. [read post]
1 Dec 2012, 5:42 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Employers Should Strengthen Practices For Defensibility  To minimize exposure under the FLSA, employers should review and document the defensibility of their existing practices for classifying and compensating workers under existing Federal and state wage and hour laws and take other actions to minimize their potential liability under applicable wages and hour laws. [read post]
30 Nov 2012, 1:27 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
 ”The Labor Department holds employers accountable when they do not properly pay their workers,” said Cynthia Watson, regional administrator for the Wage and Hour Division in the Southwest. [read post]
28 Nov 2012, 7:45 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
When the state minimum wage is higher than the federally mandated wage, and employees work more than 40 hours in a week calculated in accordance with applicable state laws, employees paid at the minimum permissible level are entitled to overtime compensation based on the higher state minimum wage. [read post]
16 Nov 2012, 9:10 am by Don Cruse
DANIEL SAMUDIO, No. 10-0554, which allowed such remands, the Texas Supreme Court reverses and sends the matter back to the Workers Compensation Division. [read post]
9 Nov 2012, 7:46 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
“When violations of the FLSA are discovered, the Labor Department will take appropriate action to ensure workers receive the wages they have earned and to which they are legally entitled. [read post]