Theodore Roosevelt “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
ANOTHER ASSAULT ON THE RIGHTS OF INJURED WORKERS »
On Monday, February 16, 2009 Anitere Flores, a Republican member of the House of Representatives for District 114 in Miami, sponsored HB 903 which seeks to reverse the Supreme Court’s ruling in Murray v. Mariner Health. In that case the Court held that the employer or insurance company who wrongfully withholds benefits from an injured [...]
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN RECOVERY OF $50,000 IN BACK WAGES TO MIAMI RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES »
El Atlacatl Restaurant agreed to pay $50,717 in back wages to 39 employees after the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that the Miami eatery had failed to ensure employees received the federal minimum wage and overtime payments required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Investigators discovered that employees were paid a daily [...]
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE RATE INCREASE APPROVED »
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty issued a final order approving a 6.4 percent increase in workers’ compensation insurance rates, based on an amended filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). The approved increase applies to new and renewal business and will become effective April 1.
NCCI previously requested an 8.9 percent rate increase as [...]
WHEN EMPLOYERS DON’T PAY BY THE RULES »
Employers are required to pay workers for overtime and other wages in accordance with state and federal law. Employers who avoid paying their employees fairly are probably more common than you might expect. If you have experienced any of the following, your wages have probably been underpaid:
You have been denied overtime pay because it was [...]
FIRED FOR MAKING A WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIM? »
Florida Law prohibits an employer from harassing or firing an employee for making a claim to get workers compensation benefits. The need for this protection is growing as the economy slides deeper into a recession and employers are looking to protect their own financial interests. Many employers (especially large self insured companies) try to discourage [...]
FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF INJURED WORKERS »
On October 23, 2008 the Florida Supreme Court rendered an opinion in the case of Emma Murray v. Mariner Health Inc. In that case the Court ruled that attorneys representing injured workers were allowed to recover reasonable fees for helping workers to obtain statutory benefits where the insurance company or the employer refused to provide [...]
GOVERNOR CRIST TO JOIN PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS ECONOMY »
The Governor’s Office released the following Memorandum on 2/9/09:
FROM: Erin Isaac, Governor’s Communications Director
RE: GOVERNOR CRIST TO JOIN PRESIDENT AT FORT MYERS TOWN HALL MEETING TOMORROW
The White House announced today that Florida Governor Charlie Crist will introduce President Barack Obama at a town hall meeting in Fort Myers to discuss the urgent need for a [...]
