News Truck Drivers' Down Time Is Compensable Work, 1st Circ. Holds In a lawsuit between a trucking company and its former employees, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit considered ...

Dear PAO, I was just wondering if Covid-19 is a compensable disease under the Employees' Compensation program? My sister works for a private establishment and contracted the disease from her co-worker ...

The courts have construed a compensable "injury" under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1 (4) as "a discernible physical injury." October 13, 2021 at 11:04 AM 6 minute read Columns By Katherine Jensen ...

Almost without exception, compensable matters involve imaging (X-rays, CT, ultrasound, bone scan, MRI, etc). These images are a snapshot in time. This sometimes greatly assists in such matters that ...

The DOL indicates, “if the laborers are traveling to the remote job site as passengers outside of their normal working hours, WHD would not consider their time compensable.” ...

Recent case law has examined these issues to determine whether such employer-mandated activities constitute compensable working time. The FLSA establishes and sets forth the minimum wage, overtime pay ...

Descriptive study. To document the characteristics of rehospitalization following work-related tetraplegia, investigate risk factors for rehospitalization and identify opportunities for ...

Time that an employee spends immediately before or after work may not be considered compensable hours worked even if spent at the employer’s premises. Unless a contract or industry custom or ...

Compensable Factors in a Job Evaluation. Compensation and promotion decisions can place pressure on managers, who try to ensure the equitable distribution of salary raises according to a number of ...

Because attendance at meetings is presumed to be compensable time and most meetings are organized for business reasons, it is rare that a standard meeting would not be deemed work time. Based upon ...

An Australian government employee who was injured while having sex on a work-related trip doesn’t qualify for workers’ compensation, the nation’s highest court said in a ruling praised by ...