by EC_Admin | Dec 30, 2016 | News
By: Geoff Alexander, Associate, Birmingham Recently, OSHA began enforcing its new regulation requiring employers to have a “reasonable procedure” for employees to report work-related injuries and illnesses. The rationale for this new requirement is that employees...
by EC_Admin | Dec 30, 2016 | News
By: Allen Grant, Partner, Nashville In Tennessee, the new OSHA guidelines prohibiting mandatory post-accident drug or alcohol screens highlight the importance of the Tennessee Drug Free Workplace Program (DFWP). While the OSHA rules prohibit this mandatory screening,...
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...
