Workers Compensation News

PA Governor Rendell Signs 6 Bills Into Law (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) - Tue, 01 Jul 2008

Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed the following six bills into law:

Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, and Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A., Announce Wal - Tue, 01 Jul 2008

Law firms Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP and Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A., today announced that Dakota County District Court Judge Robert King, Jr. has found that Wal-Mart violated Minnesota's Fair Labor Standards Act over 2 million times. He also awarded over $6.5 million in damages to approximately 56,000 current and former Minnesota Wal-Mart employees who claimed that Wal-Mart denied ...

Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, and Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A., Announce Wal - Tue, 01 Jul 2008

MINNEAPOLIS----Law firms Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP and Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A., today announced that Dakota County District Court Judge Robert King, Jr. has found that Wal-Mart violated Minnesota’s Fair Labor Standards Act over 2 million times.

Many security officers still lack union representation (Minnesota Spokesman - Wed, 02 Jul 2008

In the wake of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 26 victory of new contracts for Twin-Cities security guards, there are still companies that employ officers who are in search of satisfaction. These companies are non-union affiliated, and they’d like to keep it that way.

Governments strain under retiree obligations (Pittsburgh Tribune - Mon, 30 Jun 2008

A raft of reports due today could trigger changes in the rich retirement benefits long thought necessary to lure workers into government jobs.

Personnel Moves (Pittsburgh Tribune - Sun, 29 Jun 2008

This is a listing of promotions, hirings and other personnel actions at area companies.

UPS Lobbyist Secretly Spurred Ohio to Demand Taxes From FedEx (Bloomberg.com) - Tue, 24 Jun 2008

June 24 (Bloomberg) -- A secret report from a lobbyist who represents United Parcel Service Inc. prompted an Ohio state investigation into employment practices of FedEx Corp.

Claims cloud Cordaro's record as Lackawanna County Commissioner (The Scranton Times - Sun, 22 Jun 2008

Robert C. Cordaro’s track record as Lackawanna County majority commissioner was clouded last week by accusations that he accepted kickback payments and trips from county vendors.

Like Clock Work (The Morning News) - Sun, 22 Jun 2008

Wal-Mart has worked overtime to show its kinder, gentler side, but accusations of workplace misdeeds are surfacing in a slew of class-action lawsuits that continue to challenge the retailers new image.

New rating system in the works for nursing homes (Chicago Tribune) - Wed, 18 Jun 2008

The U.S. has five-star rankings for restaurants and hotels. So why not five-star rankings for nursing homes?