Theodore Roosevelt “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
FLORIDA WORKERS COMPENSATION LAW BENEFITS EMPLOYERS WHO HIDE WAGES »
On September 15, 2008 Florida’ First District Court of Appeals decided the case of Fast Track Framing v Caraballo. In that case the court ruled that workers in Florida are not entitled to compensation benefits if their income is not reported to the IRS.
Although a worker is still entitled to medical care and treatment when injured [...]
LETTER TO EDITOR OF THE ORLANDO SENTINEL »
Florida’s Legislature is considering passing an amendment to the Florida Workers’ Compensation act, knowing full well that it is unconstitutional. On March 25, retired Florida First District Court of Appeals Justice, Richard W. Irvin, was not even permitted to address a committee of the Florida Senate about this Constitutional concern.
This legislation will remove the word [...]
EMPLOYEES OF ASIAN BUFFET RESTAURANTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA GET MORE THAN $233,000 BACK PAY »
Operators of three Asian-style buffet restaurants in Lake Worth, Pembroke Pines and Plantation, Fla., have agreed to pay back wages of $233,234 to 55 current and former low-wage employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
Payments include $97,231 to12 employees at New China Buffet (Lake Worth), $58,849 to 18 [...]
WHEN WILL OUR REPRESENTITIVES START CARING ABOUT US? »
Once again the Republican led Florida Legislature is in session and is considering measures designed to prevent injured workers from obtaining the benefits they need and are supposedly entitled to under the Florida Workers Compensation laws.
When the Workers Compensation laws were enacted the idea was to have a system in place that would allow those injured on [...]
GELBER OFFERS A BILL TO HELP INJURED WORKERS »
Florida Democratic Senator, Dan Gelber has introduced SB 2280 to help level the playing field for injured workers in Florida.
During the Jeb Bush years, Florida’ Workers Compensation Laws were rewritten giving employers and insurance companies greater control over the injured workers access to medical care and further limiting the benefits that workers could qualify for. Additionally, the legislature [...]
