The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently authorized the Emergency Use of two COVID-19 vaccines. Many employers view these vaccines as the key to safely bringing employees back to the workplace. The EEOC recently issued guidance entitled “What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws”. The guidance strongly suggests that employers may implement mandatory vaccination policies prior to permitting employees to return to the workplace.
Read moreManor Care, a self-insured employer, paid and continues to pay permanent total disability (“PTD”) compensation to two claimants, beginning in the mid-1990s. The claimants also received Disabled Worker Relief Fund (“DWRF”) benefits, which is a benefit designed to supplement the monthly income of PTD recipients, whose combined PTD benefits and social security disability compensation fall below the minimum set forth in R.C. 4123.413.
Read moreIndustrial Commission to Expand Hearing Docket in December
Beginning on Monday, December 14, 2020, the Ohio Industrial Commission will begin adding a 4:00pm hour to some dockets to more efficiently eliminate the backlog of claims that has developed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By: Carl Habekost, Esq.
chabekost@nullbugbeelawyers.com
The Occupational Health and Safety Review Commission (OSHRC) rendered 2 decisions recently on the issue of machine guarding under 29 C.F.R. 1910.212(a)(1).
By: Carl Habekost, Esq.
chabekost@nullbugbeelawyers.com
On October 23, 2020, OSHA announced that since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic it has cited 112 employers for violations relating to COVID-19 resulting in proposed penalties of $1,603,544.