Report: New Jersey public employee pension fund affected by workers’ comp ‘loophole’
A workers’ compensation policy that encourages New Jersey’s government employees to settle for lifelong medical coverage rather than cash benefits benefits insurers at the expense of the public employee pension fund, according to a new investigation by the state comptroller’s office. NJ.com
Virginia workers’ comp bill leaves out large groups
Public safety employees who suffer from severe, job-related cases of COVID-19 are being denied workers’ compensation, but a bill that passed with unanimous support in the Virginia Senate on Thursday would allow law enforcement, corrections officers, firemen and EMS providers to collect these benefits. Eligible employees would have to show positive test results and prove their symptoms required medical treatment. WRIC (Richmond, Va.) [with video]
Bill seeks to protect miners from COVID-19 exposure
A bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) would require the U.S. Department of Labor to issue mine operators an emergency temporary standard related to occupational COVID-19 exposure. U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the same bill in the Senate. Pennsylvania Business Report
Q&A: Employer sued by an employee
Question: My employee is suing me. What level of communication should I have with the employee? Joni Ploeger, of the Davis Brown Law Firm, discusses. JD Supra