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6 Nov 2010, 12:21 pm
You should consult with your insurance broker or agent about workers comp issues. [read post]
9 Jul 2019, 1:00 am
Public Efforts to Address the Problem The Texas Department of Insurance is just one agency in the state of Texas attempting to deal with the ongoing epidemic of heat-related illnesses and death. [read post]
28 Nov 2012, 7:45 pm
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]
10 Sep 2012, 4:00 am
An interesting thing happened on the way to the drug store the other day - it turns out that, according to one research group, workers' compensation claimants are least likely to engage in the consumption of illicit drugs compared to other medical sample groups while recovering from an injury.And this is in contrast to concerns in the industry, as reflected in those expressed at the Insurance Council of Texas workers’ compensation… [read post]
28 Sep 2015, 2:10 pm
Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (DOL) resulting from an investigation conducted as part of an ongoing, multi-year compliance initiative by the DOL targeting oil and gas industry employers in the Southwest and Northeast as part of the Obama Administration’s tough Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) enforcement stance against employers generally. [read post]
28 Mar 2019, 2:54 pm
Other Defensive Actions To Minimize FLSA Exposures Whether or not the either of these proposed rule changes takes effect, U.S. businesses will want to strengthen their existing practices for classifying and compensating workers under existing Federal and state wage and hour laws, tighten contracting and other compliance oversight in relation to outsourced services, weigh options to clean up exposure areas, review insurance coverages and consider other options to… [read post]
25 Aug 2011, 3:54 am
Moreover, the likelihood of a misclassification mistake being discovered has increased as state workforce divisions, the U.S. [read post]
3 Nov 2016, 6:18 am
Labor Department Investigation (March 07, 2016); US Labor Department Initiative Finds Ames Restaurants Owe Nearly $100K In Back Wages To More Than 150 Workers (March 02, 2016); S. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 3:01 pm
A Fellow in the American College of Employee Benefit Counsel, the American Bar Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation, current American Bar Association (ABA) International Section Life Sciences Committee Vice Chair, Scribe for the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits (JCEB) Annual OCR Agency Meeting, former Vice President of the North Texas Health Care Compliance Professionals Association, past Chair of the ABA Health Law Section Managed Care & Insurance Section,… [read post]
10 Feb 2014, 4:16 pm
The Wage and Hour Division makes investigation and enforcement against employers that retaliate against workers for exercising rights protected under the FLSA or other wage and hour laws a priority. [read post]
27 Apr 2016, 9:01 am
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
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]
1 Feb 2024, 6:19 pm
Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division found the employer improperly calculated their overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). [read post]
29 Aug 2016, 4:00 am
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]
14 Dec 2015, 12:07 pm
While costs for legally required benefits, including Social Security, Medicare, unemployment insurance (both state and federal), and workers’ compensation, for state and local governments averaged $2.63 per hour worked. [read post]
1 Dec 2012, 5:42 am
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]
19 Oct 2016, 1:04 pm
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]
19 Mar 2024, 4:25 am
Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division State Minimum Wage Law Table provides a list of currently applicable State minimum wage rates. [read post]
26 Oct 2012, 4:10 am
From carrier denial of medication to injured workers, and penalties for doing so, to pharmaceutical misfeasance.In Texas, carriers were given warning by the Insurance Council of Texas hat the state Division of Workers’ Compensation (TX DWC) is investigating complaints that some adjusters are improperly denying prescription drug refills.Apparently some adjusters have been failing to distinguish between claims that are… [read post]
7 Dec 2015, 9:37 am
Stamer uses her deep and highly specialized health, insurance, labor and employment and other 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… [read post]
