The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Andrew F. Ruder | March 29, 2018
Once an insurance carrier is notified of a work injury, it is required by law to promptly investigate the injury and determine whether the claim is compensable within 21 days under Section 406.1 of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act.
By Tom McParland | March 27, 2018
A Delaware Superior Court judge ruled Monday that former employees of The Chemours Co. may sue for severance payments they said they were denied after allegedly being duped into taking a less generous buyout deal as the chemical firm downsized following its spinoff from DuPont.
By Greg Land | March 23, 2018
The class action accuses MetLife of violating the Fair Labor Standards Act by failing to pay hundreds of long-term disability claims specialists overtime pay, although other MetLife workers in similar positions receive OT pay.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By John A. McCreary Jr. | March 22, 2018
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 inserted a new subsection (q) into Section 162 of the Internal Revenue Code which denies deductions for payments made in settlements of sexual harassment or sexual abuse cases, and “related” attorney fees.
By Charles Toutant | March 6, 2018
Baggage handlers and maintenance workers at American Airlines were granted certification Tuesday in a class action suit claiming the company programmed its time clocks to round down and reduce the amount of time employees are credited with working.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Christian Petrucci | March 1, 2018
Normally, work injuries arise when an employee is injured on or off the employer's premises, while actually engaged in furtherance of the employer's business or affairs. Last week, in US Airways v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board Bockelman, No. 612 C.D. 2017, the Commonwealth Court revisited the less common compensability of a workers' compensation claim based on a premises theory of liability.
By Fred Sultan | February 20, 2018
At its Feb. 15 meeting, the Austin City Council voted to make the city the first in Texas to require that employers provide paid sick leave to virtually…
By Xiumei Dong | February 16, 2018
The Atlanta-based labor and employment firm added Ogletree's Cheryl Schreck in Los Angeles after acquiring a Seattle firm earlier this month.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Sid Steinberg | February 16, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit's recent decision in DiFiore v. CSL Behring, 879 F.3d 71 (3d Cir. 2018) is instructive, not just for FCA claims, but for a lengthy discussion of the causation standards under Title VII, the Age Discrimination Employment Act and Family and Medical Leave Act. The case also addresses the standard for successfully stating a claim of constructive discharge.
By Cogan Schneier | February 8, 2018
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ruled that Grubhub properly classified a delivery driver as an independent contractor instead of an employee under California law.
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