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New Study Disputes Cost-Shifting Between Workers’ Comp & SSDI
A recent study from the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. challenges the idea that the costs for caring for injured workers has shifted to Social Security Disability Insurance. The study focuses on interactions between SSDI...
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Former FBI Director McCabe to Sue Trump Administration for Firing
The White House is once again in the midst of a controversy after former FBI Director Andrew McCabe announced with his lawyer that he planned to sue the Trump Administration. According to initial statements, McCabe...
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New CA Laws Protect Employees’ Criminal Record, Immigration Info, Parental Rights, and More
As of January 1, 2018, California employers received a new set of important legal restrictions and regulations, including: Employers may no longer ask applicants about their salary history. When you are applying for a job, an...
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California Courts Deny Property Mgmt. Co.’s Appeal & Rule in Favor of the Worker
In October of 2017, a California state appeals panel reprimanded a property management company and its attorneys for an “orchestrated” delay of the trial. The panel ordered the company to cover the expenses their ex-worker...
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CA Appellate Court Rules Firing Worker With Disabled Relative is Discrimination
Trucker Luis Castro-Ramirez was hired by Dependable Highway Express, Inc. (DHE) in 2010 and made it clear he needed to help his son with dialysis treatments. In order to take care of his debilitated son,...
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