The Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit ordered the Department of Justice to review its denial of a disabled prison guard’s claim for benefits under the federal Public Safety Officers Benefit Act of 1976. The federal PSOB Act provides benefits to public safety officers who become permanently and totally disabled “as the direct and …
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal ruled that a lower district court was correct in dismissing a lawsuit filed by current and former San Francisco police officers accusing the U.S. Navy and a federal contractor of negligence and fraud. The officers claim they were injured by on-the-job exposure to hazardous substances, including radioactive materials, on …
The National Labor Relations Board adopted a new final rule that experts say could end up ensnaring more employers in a joint-employment situation. The new final rule is slated to take effect December 26th but is facing opposition in Congress and legal challenges being pursued in federal court. The rule was adopted by a three-to-one …
A federal district court judge says that AB 5’s business-to-business exemption does not apply to a delivery driver’s relationship with one of the app-based delivery services. The same court also found that the driver, Raef Lawson, was an employee of Grubhub, not an independent contractor because the company could not meet Part B of the …
The federal Solicitor General argues there is no need for the United States Supreme Court to take up a Minnesota case dealing with workers’ comp reimbursements for marijuana. He argues that the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) prohibits marijuana possession and “preempts a state law requiring a private party to subsidize the purchase of that …
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday ordered pink slips for over 10,000 state workers and called for the wages of another 200,000 to be slashed to the federal minimum wage limit of $6.55 per hour. Although wage cuts will hit workers at the Division of Workers’ Compensation and its related agencies, including Cal/OSHA as well as the …
Denials for Nuke Workers Riddled with Errors, Says Examiner Despite a federal illness compensation program intended to cover former nuclear workers’ medical expenses, some say they are being denied benefits. …