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 The OSHA Regulatory Burden
New study debunks job killer, anti-competitive theories | |
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The OSHA Regulatory Burden: New Study Debunks Job Killer, Anti-Competitive Theories. It is a truth universally acknowledged that OSHA workplace regulations are unduly burdensome, negatively impacting an employer's competitiveness and destroying jobs for workers. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is one of the most controversial regulatory agencies in our country. A debate has raged for years over whether workplace safety inspections and regulations correlate with a decline in injury rates and with lower productivity. A new study by economic experts, headed by David I. Levine at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, has been published in the latest issue of Science, finding there is no evidence that ...Read more. |
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Court Adopts "Larson" Test for Willful Disobedience of Safety Rules, by Thomas A. Robinson. In a divided opinion, the Supreme Court of Tennessee has reversed an award of workers' compensation benefits to an electric utility lineman who sustained severe injuries when a ground wire that he was holding came into contact with a transformer on an adjacent utility pole. Finding the four-part "Larson" test established "straightforward guidelines for evaluating claims of willful misconduct and the willful failure or refusal to use a safety appliance," the court adopted the Larson Treatise's standard for the instant case and for future cases involving such defenses. Read more about this case and other noteworthy cases involving intoxication, agility test, and cross-examination of physician. |
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 The Company Outing: Course of Employment Issues. Summer is right around the corner, and with it comes annual company picnics, baseball games, parties and the like. These types of events raise a host of workers' comp issues for employers. Read excerpts from Larson's Workers' Compensation Law related to recreational activity, going and coming rule, and personal comfort.
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| blogs at the lexisnexis workers' comp law community |
 Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter: Laundry Owners Unable To Hide Dirty Dealings With Employees Behind Soap Suds, by LexisNexis Workers' Compensation Law Community Staff. Read it.
Barely Employable? A Tepid FCE Carries the Day in Delaware Termination Case, by Cassandra Roberts, Esq. Read it. |
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ENEWSLETTER ARCHIVES |
Take a deep dive into our past eNewsletters for 2012 and prior...warning - some links to articles may not work...report any linking problems to Robin.E.Kobayashi@lexisnexis.com.
May 14, 2012: A New Medicare Set-Aside Reform Bill.
May 7, 2012: Death of a Workers' Comp Opt Out Bill.
April 30, 2012: The Australian Motel Sex Injury Case.
April 23, 2012: Will the SMART Act Pass This Year?
April 16, 2012: The Battle Beween RICO and Exclusive Remedy.
April 9, 2012: Aggressive Surveillance of Injured Worker's Family.
April 2, 2012: Intoxication Presumption.
March 26, 2012: U.S. Supreme Court Decides Roberts (LHWCA case).
March 19, 2012: Recent Medicare Set-Aside Changes.
March 12, 2012: SCOTUS Hears Roberts Oral Argument.
March 5, 2012: The Defense of Intentional Self-Injury.
February 27, 2012: Workers' Comp Reform: Spotlight on North Carolina.
February 21, 2012: Workers' Comp Reform: Spotlight on Illinois.
February 13, 2012: Exclusivity & Intentional Torts Under LHWCA.
February 6, 2012: Chronic Pain Treatment: New Attitudes and Alternatives.
January 30, 2012: Impact of Workers' Comp Reform: NY and CA.
January 23, 2012: Economic Costs of Occupational Injuries.
January 17, 2012: U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Outer Continental Shelf.
January 9, 2012: Top 10 Bizarre Cases for 2011.
January 2, 2012: 10 Myths and Facts About Workers' Compensation.
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