| Occupational Disease Coverage under Workers' Compensation Statutes |
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| Occupational diseases are generally defined as ailments that are contracted or aggravated due to the nature of a particular kind of work. State workers' compensation statutes usually allow workers to receive benefits for occupational diseases. In order to obtain benefits, an employee must generally prove that the injury arose out of and in the course of the employment. More... |
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| Unemployment Benefits - Partial Benefits |
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| If a former employee is claiming benefits against the employer, such a claim can be monetarily reduced by whatever amount of temporary or part-time work the claimant might engage in during his layoff or other type of unemployment period. Thus, if some temporary help is required for a job, it may be advantageous to review the unemployment claims to see if there are any claimants currently drawing benefits who could be called back to work. More... |
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| Arbitration -- Labor Disputes -- Preparing for Arbitration |
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| Once the pre-arbitration matters are attended to (such as choosing the arbitrator and scheduling the hearing), the disputing parties can begin the process of preparing for arbitration. This process can vary based on the existing relationship between the parties and the nature of the dispute at hand. There are, however, a number of common elements that are integral to the arbitration process, from establishing the jurisdiction of the presiding arbitrator to compiling a case to arguing for a particular remedy to the dispute. More... |
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| Employer Monitoring of Employee's Electronic Communications |
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| Several decades ago, the question of whether employers could monitor employees' communications was relatively simple. It was fairly well established that while employers could monitor business calls, they could not, with a few limited exceptions, eavesdrop on employees' personal phone calls. Today, employee communication has become high tech.. More... |
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| State Laws Protecting Employees from Age Discrimination |
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| The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) is a federal law prohibiting employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of their age. Pursuant to the ADEA, most American employers with 20 or more employees are forbidden from discriminating against employees who are 40 years or older, based upon their age, in the following type of decisions. More... |
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