Monthly Archives: December 2008
Dividing future workers comp medical expenses between different insurers OK, Court says
On December 19, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, decided a workers’ compensation case involving different insurance companies that were appealing a decision from the Division of Workers’ Compensation apportioning responsibility for future medical expenses between them. The … Continue reading
Filed under workers compensation
Update on Employment Law now on Alltop
Good news: This little blog made it onto Alltop law. I added a new badge to the right-hand column. Guess this means I’ll have to be sure and post regularly, huh? Welcome, any and all new readers visiting via Alltop!
Filed under Uncategorized
Happy Holidays
Update on Employment Law is taking a little holiday break and will be posting more regularly after the holiday season. May you and your family have a happy holiday season.
Filed under Uncategorized
Act in favor of fair pay
Interested in the issue of fair pay for women but don’t know what to do? Sign the petition over at the “Out of the Way of Fair Pay” campaign, the result of a collaboration between I Am Progress (part of … Continue reading
Filed under Employment discrimination, Fair pay
Vera Glaser, a journalist who wrote about employment discrimination
From The Washington Post last Sunday, an article about the reporter Vera Glaser, who wrote a five-part series on employment and policy discrimination against women after a press conference with President Nixon. In 1969, she asked the new president, Richard … Continue reading
Filed under Employment discrimination
Quitting due to mental stress from job not enough for unemployment benefits
Yesterday the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, decided a case involving an employee who voluntarily quit her job due to work-related stress and was then turned down for unemployment benefits. The employee worked as a claims adjuster until … Continue reading
Filed under unemployment
Restaurant employers, this is how serious some employment violations can get
Image via Wikipedia Today, the New York Times reports about the arrests of the two owners of the Saigon Grill in New York City. New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced the arrests yesterday. New York’s AG’s office is … Continue reading
Filed under Fair pay, unemployment
