Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Saturday, February 11, 2017

The Promise of State Initiatives to Prevent Long Term Work Disability

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Every year, millions of Americans suffer from medical conditions that affect their ability to work. This puts them at risk of losing their j...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

Consequences of Increasing the Minimum Wage

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The national wave toward raising the statutory minimum wage to $15.00/hour is going to have major consequences for the ailing national ne...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Cuomo and Christie Order Strict Ebola Quarantines

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Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.nytimes.com The governors of New York and New Jersey on Friday ...
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Verbal Assault: Threats Entitle Employee to Workers' Compensation

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Verbal assault gives rise to a compensable event. Today's post is shared from courthousenews.com A New York man whose co-worker...
Friday, July 25, 2014

Court Orders Travelers Insurance to Pay $500 Million Asbestos Settlement

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Today's post is shared from the wsj.com Travelers Cos . reported an 18% decline in second-quarter operating profit as insurance claims...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

New York City to provide lawyers for poor immigrants facing deportation

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While some states have established restrictive procedures against immigrants not in status with US immigration laws, New York City has taken...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Facebook Required to Turn Over User Information in Disability-Fraud Investigation

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Today's ppost was shared from http://online.wsj.com The Manhattan district attorney has won a legal battle against Facebook Inc. w...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

NY: Liability and workers compensation priority issues for Chamber of Commece

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Today's post is shared from http://poststar.com/ Business leaders are advocating this session of the state Legislature for relief from a...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

With N.F.L. Concussion Deal, Two Tiers of Payouts

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Today's post was shared by The New York Times and comes from www.nytimes.com Court settlements are by nature compromises, and...

New York State is committed to improving outdated workers’ compensation system

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Today's post is shared from buffalonews.com and is authored by Jeffrey Fenster, Executive Director of the New York State Workers’ C...
Saturday, January 4, 2014

New York State Is Set to Loosen Marijuana Laws

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Changes in the delivery of medications in workers' compensation has become a hot issue recently. While employers and insurance compa...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

Bloomberg Public Health Legacy Lauded In NYC

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Today's post was shared by RWJF PublicHealth and comes from www.huffingtonpost.com Michael Bloomberg steered New York City thro...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Beating Back Pain

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Illustration by Stuart Goldenberg Two months ago, I stepped into a shower in a hotel room in Baton Rouge, La., and felt a slight twi...
Sunday, December 22, 2013

Having a Servant Is Not a Right

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AT the heart of the fracas surrounding the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York who promised to pay her housekeeper $9.75 per hour,...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

New York Data Show Hospital Charges All Over The Map

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Today's post was shared by Kaiser Health News and comes from www.kaiserhealthnews.org New York State has pulled back the curta...