by EC_Admin | Dec 30, 2016 | News
By: Yosue Ochoa, Associate, Miami Florida workers’ compensation laws regarding employee drug testing provide the employer/carrier with a defense to compensability if it is found that the injured worker was intoxicated or under the influence of drugs at the time of the...
by EC_Admin | Dec 30, 2016 | News
By: Ryan Lawson, Associate, Atlanta Georgia law provides employers and insurers a defense to the payment of workers’ compensation benefits when an injured employee tests positive for a non-prescribed, controlled substance within eight (8) hours from the occurrence of...
by EC_Admin | Dec 30, 2016 | News
By: Ryan Lawson, Associate, Atlanta The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (O.S.H.A.) recently released an updated set of regulations governing employer requirements for workers reporting occupational injuries and illnesses. These updated regulations, which...
by EC_Admin | Dec 28, 2016 | News
Greetings, DOAH has published the annual report for their fiscal year, 7/1/15-6/30/16….DO NOT PRINT unless you want 236 pages. That window of time only contains two months of litigation post-Castellanos, but its interesting and shows statistics on each venue. Quick...
by EC_Admin | Dec 14, 2016 | News
Greetings, Tis the season for holiday parties and functions, and inevitably holiday party claims. If its an in-office event during the workday its likely going to be compensable. The afterhours or when the workplace is closed events are trickier. As a reminder, to...
by EC_Admin | Nov 30, 2016 | News
Greetings, Due to the changes in the law from the Castellanos and Westphal cases, WC rates in Florida were set to increase by 14.5% tomorrow, 12/1/2016. However, a Miami claimant’s attorney filed a lawsuit against NCCI in Leon County, the rate setting agency, stating...
