Oil Rig Workers’ Compensation Fund to be Distributed Through Charity
On June 16, BP agreed to pay $20 billion to fund the people and businesses affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion and subsequent oil spill disaster. But at the end of July, neither the $20...
View ArticleCDC: Four Million Work-Related Injuries Reported in 2007
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing the latest numbers on work-related injuries in the U.S. and nonfatal illnesses that occurred in the work place in 2007. Injuries...
View ArticleEmployee at Florida Power & Light Awarded $4.5 Million in Job Injury Lawsuit
A Florida jury has awarded a dock worker who was injured while on the job for Florida Power & Light (FPL) $4.5 million for lost earnings, pain and suffering, and medical expenses, reports The South...
View ArticleCongress Seeking Data on TSA Airport Screening X-Ray Machines to Determine...
Members of Congress are seeking data to determine just how much radiation is emitted from new airport full body X-ray scanning machines. Not only does it affect travelers, many who choose to opt out of...
View ArticleStudy Finds Florida’s Workforce is Smallest and Least Expensive in the U.S.
With about 12 percent of Florida’s workers without a job, the Department of Management Services in an Annual Workforce Report issued Wednesday, December 8 finds that some state offices are hiring,...
View ArticleUnemployment Numbers Find Florida Workers Not Returning to Jobs
The unemployment picture keeps getting worse in Florida, with WTXL Television in Tallahassee reporting that unemployment is now at 12 percent, up from 11.9 percent in October. The counties that are not...
View ArticleDisclosure of Medical Information is Necessary in Workers’ Compensation Claims
According to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, keeping medical records private may not apply to someone who is seeking workers’ compensation benefits. Workers’ compensation is the...
View ArticleThe Most Dangerous Jobs in America
The Daily Beast combed through the injury and fatality records of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to come up with a list of the most dangerous jobs for workers. There is an...
View ArticleOlder Florida Workers Feeling the Economic Pinch and Staying on the Job...
Traditionally, the retirement age was 62 and workers looked forward to receiving benefits from a pension but more and more, so-called older workers are staying on the job on Labor Day (and other...
View ArticleHouse Approves Federal Workers’ Compensation Reforms
On Tuesday, November 29, the U.S. House passed a bill that would overhaul the federal workers’ compensation program. The bill, HR 2465, is intended to give the federal government more power to catch...
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