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19 Oct 2016, 1:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
 In response to this mandate, the DOL has published two interim final rules to adjust its penalties for inflation effective August 1: Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Catch-Up Adjustments, which is DOL-only rule covering the vast majority of penalties assessed by a number of the DOL’s agencies including the DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Office of… [read post]
29 Aug 2016, 4:00 am by The Public Employment Law Press
Perez, Secretary of Labor and United States Department of  Labor, USDC, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, Civil Action No. 3:16-cv–1476– M; consolidated with 3:16-cv-1530-C and 3:16-cv-1537-NThe U.S. [read post]
11 Aug 2016, 1:06 pm by Jillian Beck
Moore, a longtime Lubbock workerscompensation attorney and hearing officer in the Texas Department of Insurance Division of WorkersCompensation, received an award for lifetime achievement in the field from the State Bar of Texas WorkersCompensation Section. [read post]
2 Aug 2016, 5:30 am by Kori Shafer-Stack
The Texas Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) will present a regional workplace safety workshop for employers and employees on May 10 at the Region 20 Education Service Center, 1314 Hines, San Antonio. [read post]
1 Aug 2016, 9:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  These criminal sanctions were in addition to the $630,000 civil damage award that the Labor Department previously secured in lost wages and damages for Robbins, Rice and another worker victimized by Brain and Cook in August 2015. [read post]
1 Jul 2016, 1:49 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) assessed against Ohio auto parts’ manufacturer, Sunfield, Inc. for safety risks that it exposed temporary workers to by its failure to disconnect machinery from a power supply and prevent sudden movement before maintenance and service, and to train workers in how to operate machine presses safely and to service and maintain them. [read post]
1 Jul 2016, 12:23 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
OWCP’s penalty for failure to report termination of payments made under the Longshore and Harbor WorkersCompensation Act, has only increased $10 since 1927, and will rise from $110 to $275. [read post]
30 Jun 2016, 5:30 am by Kori Shafer-Stack
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) is providing a grace period for employers without workers compensation insurance coverage or that terminated their coverage (non-subscribers) to report their non-coverage status to DWC without penalty. [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 10:21 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (DOL) announcement of the Foothill settlement, DOL investigators determined that Foothill, a packing and labeling company, violated the H-2 visa program by terminating 18 workers, who were U.S. citizens, that Foothill claimed failed to meet production standards when the investigation found that many of the terminated workers consistently exceeded the production of many of the foreign workers Foothill continued to… [read post]
23 Jun 2016, 5:30 am by Kori Shafer-Stack
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) is providing a grace period for employers without workers compensation insurance coverage or that terminated their coverage (non-subscribers) to report their non-coverage status to DWC without penalty. [read post]
31 May 2016, 4:05 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Ms. [read post]
6 May 2016, 11:45 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer uses her deep and highly specialized knowledge and experience to help employers and other employee benefit plan sponsors; health, pension and other employee benefit plans, their fiduciaries, administrators and service providers, insurers, and others design legally compliant, effective compensation, health and other welfare benefit and insurance, severance, pension and deferred compensation, private exchanges, cafeteria plan and other employee benefit,… [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel, the American Bar Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is a noted Texas-based management lawyer and consultant, author, lecturer and policy advocate, recognized as among the “Top Rated Labor & Employment Lawy [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel, the American Bar Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation, Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is a noted Texas-based management lawyer and consultant, author, lecturer and policy advocate, recognized as among the “Top Rated Labor & Employment Lawy [read post]
22 Apr 2016, 5:30 am by Kori Shafer-Stack
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) recently announced that it is providing a grace period for employers without workers compensation insurance coverage or that terminated their coverage (non-subscribers) to report their non-coverage status to DWC without penalty. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:07 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as stating. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 10:07 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as stating. [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Department has taken an approach to defining “recommendation” that is consistent with and based upon the approach taken by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the independent regulatory authority of the broker-dealer industry, subject to the oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 3:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Department has taken an approach to defining “recommendation” that is consistent with and based upon the approach taken by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the independent regulatory authority of the broker-dealer industry, subject to the oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 10:15 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer uses her deep and highly specialized knowledge and experience to help employers and other employee benefit plan sponsors; health, pension and other employee benefit plans, their fiduciaries, administrators and service providers, insurers, and others design legally compliant, effective compensation, health and other welfare benefit and insurance, severance, pension and deferred compensation, private exchanges, cafeteria plan and other employee benefit,… [read post]