Employer Liability Issues, Employee Rights, Workplace Injury

Nominee for OSHA Chief David Keeling Testifies Before Senate Committee, Outlines Workplace Safety Priorities and Workplace...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/11/2025

On Thursday, June 5, 2025, OSHA Nominee David Keeling testified that he plans to adopt a more cooperative, proactive approach and pursue a new workplace violence regulation....more

Employers’ Immunity From Suit and the Exclusivity of the Workers’ Compensation Statute Once Again Upheld by the Courts

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &... on 5/12/2025

In the Superior Court Decision of Faisal Jameel v. Dember HMS Hospitals and Bayshore Community Hospital (decided April 28, 2025), the Superior Court was faced with the issue of whether an employee who died as a result of...more

Delaware Industrial Accident Board Rules Claimant is an Actually Displaced Worker Following Job Search Evaluation

Marshall Dennehey on 4/18/2025

Frances Carr v. Amazon.com Services, IAB No. 1540462 (Feb. 25, 2025) - In Delaware workers’ compensation cases, claimants who are unable to return to their previous jobs due to injury may contend they are prima facie...more

Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Program Signed Into Law

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/28/2025

On December 21, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the State’s new Worker Injury Reduction Program into law, which requires covered employers to establish a program to identify and minimize the risks of...more

Workplace Safety Is The Next Focus In The #EmpowermentEra

Fisher Phillips on 2/3/2020

Employee safety has always been important, but the recent public shaming of allegedly hazardous workplaces reveals that the public’s disdain for companies that provide unsafe environments for their employees is increasing. No...more

Connecticut Workers Are Protected From Head To Toe

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 12/16/2013

Over the course of time, the Connecticut Legislature has enacted numerous and varied laws for the protection of Connecticut workers. Some become quite well known, like the recent paid sick leave law, others are more obscure....more

Liability of a General Contractor for Injuries Caused by Negligent Subcontractor

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 7/8/2013

Because a general contractor is generally in charge of the entirety of a construction project, it is often assumed, and alleged in lawsuits, that the general contractor is legally responsible for the safety of the jobsite. ...more

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