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Workers’ Comp: Ways to Protect Employee’s Health Benefits

HRWatchdog

This issue was decided in 2002, yet the question continues to come up. In 2002, however, the entire panel of workers’ compensation judges decided in the case of Navarro v. A&A Farming that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the federal body of law that governs health benefit plans, preempted the state law.

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Next up on the EEOC’s radar: age discrimination

Ohio Employer's Law

This year, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act turns 50. Which means the law itself has been protected from age discrimination for a decade (rim shot). According to the EEOC, “The meeting will explore the state of age discrimination in America today and the challenges it poses for the future.”. Yesterday I signed that act.

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Employee Relationships is a Serious Employer Responsibility

HR Digest

The focus on employee welfare started post-World War II when retirement and pension plans appeared as the biggest forms of employer care. Sensitive topics like sexual harassment, racial discrimination, bullying, etc. He asserted that the rules that were derived from these interactions governed employment relationships.

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Is Sexual Orientation Protected by Federal Law?

HR Daily Advisor

City of Providence , contributes to a widening division among federal courts about whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964—which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin—covers discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The ruling, Franchina v.

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Rob Figliulo of SPR: “Give your workers productivity tools and software”

Thrive Global

Rob : “When SPR went from being a public company to a private company in 2002, we faced a real inflection point that could’ve gone either way for us. So later, just before he retired and was looking for a short-term role, I was more than happy to offer him a job managing projects at SPR and providing business expertise to our teams.