Your employee incurs a slip-and-fall injury. What do you do? You might be thinking this is a trick question. Isn’t it what some would call a no-brainer? Give him/her a claim form, report the injury to your workers’ comp carrier and have the carrier-designated physician conduct a medical examination and see what’s to be done […]
The Concluding Piece on Wal-Mart’s Employment Law Capers
After 11 weeks of semi-intense focus on the world’s largest private employer, The Emplawyerologist is now wrapping up its series on Wal-Mart. Now, of course, we can still expect to hear more about Wal-Mart and its employment law woes in the news–unless of course, Wal-Mart does what we have been doing over here, by learning […]
Wal-Mart and Workers’ Compensation: Adding Insult to Injury?
Rare is the employee who wants to get injured on the job, or the employer who wants to deal with the fallout of such injuries–especially workers’ compensation coverage and claims. Of course employers have to provide workers’ compensation coverage. As part of the The Emplawyerologist’s mini-series on Wal-Mart’s employment law capers, this week we are […]
Walmart’s “A Series of Unfortunate Lawsuits”
The next several weeks will be seemingly devoted to our nation’s largest retailer, second-largest corporation and largest private employer. In case you have not guessed, or if you missed last week’s post (you can click here if you did) that distinction goes to Wal-Mart. Now, we are not going to be appraising Wal-Mart’s general business […]
Can You Be Held Responsible for Your Telecommuting Employees’ Safety?
Last week we established employers might have to allow an employee to telecommute as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). (Click here if you missed it.) What happens then? It’s the employee’s home and not your premises. Your employee asked to work from home. You are not responsible for that employee’s safety, […]