Exposure to work hazards and a frenetic job pace increases the likelihood of injury among adolescent and young adult workers, a new systematic review suggests. Work setting also appears to play a role in predicting the risk of injury, with food service and construction industry jobs topping the list of hazardous employment in this age group.
At minimum, an organization formulating a sick leave policy should consider the issues in the following checklist.
According to the Department of Labor, employers can take the following simple steps to help prevent injuries to working teens (Employer’s Safety Checklist for Y
This sample safety policy is designed to help you create a formal safety policy for your company.
Federal law prohibits private employers from requiring, requesting, causing, or suggesting an employee or job applicant take a lie detector test.
Form WH-385 (Adobe PDF)Form WH-385
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that includes provisions governing child labor.
Conversion coverage.— Group members must elect conversion coverage by giving notice to the insurer within 31 days after receiving notice of their conversion rig
A serious health condition exists if the employee, or the employee's child, spouse, or parent has an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental conditio
What workers are at increased risk of injury during hurricanes or tornados?
When benefits are paid by more than one plan or organization, the payment of the claims must be coordinated between two or more payers.
A growing number of states partially or completely limit workers' compensation benefits when the cause of a work-related injury is the employee's intoxication o
You've heard that workers with disabilities can be employed at special minimum wages. Is this true?
With a system like workers' compensation where costs and claims are increasing dramatically, there is obviously a potential for fraud.
Businesses are continuously making safety and health changes in the workplace.
A person may not use deadly force under this section if the person knows that, with complete personal safety and with complete personal safety as to others bein
State employees.— An agency head shall place a permanent status employee on medical leave without pay if (R2-5-413, as amended effective October 3, 2000):
It is lawful to carry a concealed weapon without a permit in one's own dwelling or place of business, or on property one owns or controls.