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Ohio Supreme Court all but Eliminates the Intentional Tort Exception to Workers' Comp Claims
… Generally speaking, the state workers' comp law provides immunity to employers from their employees' workplace injuries. In ..... relationship, the workers' compensation laws do not provide immunity from suit. Blankenship started at three-decade odyssey to …
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Health Reform May Outweigh Supreme Court's Light Employment Law Docket
… work with government employees entitled to the same qualified immunity as government employees? Summary: Nicholas Delia, a firefighter ..... 9th Circuit ruled that Filarsky was not entitled to qualified immunity from the suit because, unlike the other individual defendants …
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Annie, Get Your Gun ... and Bring It to Work
… confusion, companies will likely need to review their properties to determine which ones are covered by an exemption. Employer immunity While some employers may feel that the law intrudes upon their private property rights, it also provides a limited shield …
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Legal Questions and Answers on the Swine Flu Pandemic
… and is sustained in the general population. H1N1 is a novel strain of the influenza virus; human beings have little or no immunity to it. Not only did H1N1 rapidly infect Americans, but it also spread throughout the world. According to reports from the …
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New York Health Care Workers to Fight Flu-Shot Mandate
… letter. â Safety lies in being treated in institutions and by health care personnel with the nearly 100 percent effective immunity rates seen with other long-mandated vaccinations for health care workers, such as measles and rubella,â he wrote. Filed …
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Court Rules Political-Firing Allegations Can Go to Trial
… state had argued that the terminations were due to a fiscal crisis and sought dismissal of the case on the basis of sovereign immunity , according to the ruling. In a Wednesday, July 15, decision that upheld a lower court ruling, the Connecticut Supreme …
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Top Five Legal Issues for Employers in 2010
… case Chen v. County of Orange : “[T]he possibility of a retaliation claim creates the problem of conferring a de facto immunity on the complainant despite poor job performance or the meritlessness of any complaint. Consider a hypothetical of a ne …
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Employers Fire Back at Law Making it a Felony to Ban Guns on Company Premises
… Florida and Wisconsin bills grant employers immunity from liability in lawsuits brought by anyone ..... it’s not clear what the scope of immunity is," McKenna says. He says it’s unclear ..... that an employer has to take to get that immunity ?" he asks. At the very least, if the Florida …
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Dealing With New Guns-at-Work Laws
… parked on company property. Most state guns-in-the-workplace laws provide employers with immunity from any resulting injuries or deaths. Immunity , however, would be small solace for an employer whose employees or customers were shot by an …
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Union Urges Auditors to Dig Deeper for Exec Options Excesses
… intentional stock option backdating is a violation of a board directorâ s duty, and that directors are not granted liability immunity in such cases. Filed by Nicholas Rummell of Financial Week , a sister publication of Workforce Management . To comment, e …
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DHS Tries to Woo Firms Into Electronic Verification System
… 9 forms. "Many employers feel sensitivity about inviting an audit upon themselves, especially without any guarantee (of immunity )," says Irina Plumlee, head of the immigration group at law firm Gardere in Dallas. Itâ s like asking the IRS to examine …
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Screener Sees Drop in Positive Tests; Presence of Meth Falls
… use and addiction remains a common threat in the workplace, Falkowski says. "Addiction can happen to anyone. There is no immunity to it," she says. "It can happen to people who are elected officials, blue-collar workers and to everyone in between …
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Californias Response to Pot on the Job
… discrimination laws. The California Supreme Court also confirmed its narrow view of the Compassionate Use Act as providing immunity from criminal liability. The lesson from this case is that employers should clearly state the company’s position on medical …
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Plan Sponsors Faring Well in Fee Lawsuits
… options to choose from. Fenner declined, for now, to rule that this section of ERISA should provide Bechtel with complete immunity from the claims in the suit, leaving a window open for the trialâ the first of these 401(k) fee casesâ to take place next …
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Tool Practical Tips for Providing Post-Employment References
… the existence of a qualified or absolute privilege. Â Â Â An absolute privilege, as the name implies, provides complete immunity from defamation claims. A qualified privilege protects the speaker from defamation claims, but the privilege is lost if the …
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Feds Get New Life in Brocade Backdating
… prosecutors have been fired or have quit. Witnesses have refused to talk with Reyesâ defense counsel because of the limited immunity , shutting down crucial testimony. These problems have staved off what could have been a feeding frenzy by other law firms …
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The Foley Factor The Risks of Negligent Hiring
… management executives recognize all the makings of a negligent hiring and supervision lawsuit, blocked only by congressional immunity . What did congressional leaders know about Foley’s past behavior, and when did they know it? "If Foley worked at any …
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Would You Have Hired Cho Seung-Hui
… incident with a Georgia nurse who cared for a series of patients all who suddenly, unexpectedly died led to many states granting immunity for employee reference checks. Remember that reference checks are still subject to applicable discrimination laws and, depending …
