by worksaver-admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Corporate Compliance
Job placement and return to work considerations are determined in many cases by the results of lifting capacity tests. Having sufficient strength to perform a job, particularly a labor-intensive job, has been a focus of many FFD tests in the past and present. As...
by worksaver-admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Corporate Compliance
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII, with a mission of eradicating discrimination in the workplace. EEOC is charged with the enforcement of a number of civil rights laws dedicated in whole...
by worksaver-admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Corporate Compliance
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently withdrew its proposed changes to the Jones Act that would have deemed foreign flagged vessels banned from operation in the U.S. waters. The Jones Act, passed in 1920, prevents foreign-flagged ships from shipping...
by worksaver-admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Corporate Compliance
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) is issuing its final rule to amend the regulations and interpretive guidance implementing Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to provide guidance on the extent to which employers may use...
by worksaver-admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Corporate Compliance
With more and more millennials utilizing mobile technology or working from home, some of these practices can lead to poor ergonomic practices and related workers’ compensation claims. An ergonomics program for millennials can be quite challenging but also very...
by worksaver-admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Corporate Compliance
(The following information has been contributed by Dr. Michael Kotler, MD, as a co-author of a Fitness for Duty Testing book being written with lead author, Dr. Bunch, and associates.) Occupational medicine professionals care for people working in a very broad range...
