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Cut costs by offering early partial payment of disputed workers’ comp claim

11/01/2007

An employer that unsuccessfully fights a workers’ compensation claim and forces an injured employee to retain an attorney faces a penalty of up to 20% of the money due the injured employee, which goes on top of the normal amount due. But the law also provides an incentive for employers to begin making payments early …

Report card says NJ HMO providers rank lower than NY’s

11/01/2007

The New York Regional Health Care Report Card, recently released by the New York Business Group on Health and the New York State Health Accountability Foundation, gave New Jersey HMOs low marks for quality of care …

Recouping company-paid health plan premiums after FMLA leave

11/01/2007

Q. While my employees are out on FMLA leave, we pay our share of health plan premiums on behalf of them. If an employee does not return to work following his FMLA leave, can I recover those premiums directly from the employee? …

Injured playing on company team

11/01/2007

Q. If an employee is injured at a company-sponsored softball game, where participation is purely voluntary, is the injury compensable under workers’ compensation? …

Must small businesses provide COBRA-Like continuation health coverage?

11/01/2007

Q. My company has fewer than 20 employees. Must my group health insurance policy still provide COBRA-like continuation coverage to terminated employees? …

When are new hires eligible for health insurance?

11/01/2007
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Employee recovering? Offer light-Duty job to cut off unemployment benefits

11/01/2007

When an employee gets hurt on the job, she is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits to help replace lost wages. But that doesn’t mean her employer has to keep paying full benefits forever—if the employee can return to a light-duty or modified job. And employees who don’t follow up on those kinds of alternative job offers could lose their benefits …

More employers try to regulate employees’ off-Duty behavior

11/01/2007

To help control significant health care cost increases, many employers are trying to regulate employees’ off-duty behavior when they believe that it creates health risks. Although motivated by legitimate economic concerns, are these employers overstepping the boundaries of individual privacy? …

Workers’ comp for injury at social event?

11/01/2007

Q. Is an employee who injures herself at a company-sponsored picnic eligible for workers’ compensation? …

COBRA notice for new hires

11/01/2007

Q. What are our obligations under COBRA when we hire a new worker?—T.J. …