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DALLAS, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Dallas, TX - The Dallas employment law firm Clouse Dunn LLP recently announced the launch of an updated website dedicated to providing convenient access to information about business and employment law matters. The firm developed the site http://www.cdklawyers.com/ for individuals and businesses seeking legal counsel for employment law or commercial litigation matters. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121108/CG09254)...
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- StoneRiver, Inc., the trusted insurance technology partner with solutions across multiple business lines, today announced that the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) has selected StoneRiver's workers' compensation PowerSuite solution to replace its legacy environment. The contract is valued at US$52 million and includes an initial two-year performance period as well as seven one-year renewal options. (Logo:...
TOWSON, Md., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amendments to Maryland's Workplace Fraud Act of 2009 ("WFA") recently took effect and changes the presumption that all workers are categorized as employers and not independent contractors. Michael Siri, a partner with Bowie & Jensen, a leading business law firm, explains. Mr. Siri routinely counsels the firm's construction law clients on issues involving various aspects of a construction project, including contract formation, mechanic's...
The Los Angeles employment attorneys filed a class action alleging that the health benefits service provider failed to pay their employees the proper amount of overtime wages Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) August 13, 2012 On August 3, 2012, the Los Angeles employment lawyers at Blumenthal Nordrehaug & Bhowmik filed a class action complaint against The Wellpoint, Companies, Inc. ("Wellpoint") for alleged unpaid overtime wages. Talamantez, et al. vs. The Wellpoint Companies,...
The California employment attorneys filed a class action alleging that the ambulance service provider failed to pay their emergency medical technicians the proper amount of overtime wages San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 09, 2012 On July 27, 2012, the San Francisco employment attorneys at Blumenthal Nordrehaug & Bhowmik filed a class action complaint against Protransport-1 for alleged unpaid overtime wages. Rodriguez, et al. vs. Protransport-1, LLC, Case No. CGC-12-522733 is currently...
J. Hunter Eddins Gentel, a Workers’ Compensation attorney at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, recently graduated from the North Carolina Bar Association’s Leadership Academy. Durham, NC (PRWEB) August 08, 2012 J. Hunter Eddins Gentel, a Workers’ Compensation attorney at the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, recently graduated from the North Carolina Bar Association’s Leadership Academy. The North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) was founded in 1899 as a voluntary...
The program’s transition to open market dramatically impacts the way in which government Contractors and subcontractors obtain critical DBA insurance. Washington D.C. (PRWEB) August 07, 2012 Clements Worldwide, leading provider of international insurance solutions, reports the U.S. State Department’s pre-negotiated agreement with insurer CNA for the provision of Defense Base Act (DBA) coverage has expired. As a result, all DBA policies with renewal dates of July 22, 2012 or later must...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su yesterday submitted a lawsuit for filing with the Fresno Superior Court against farm labor contracting company, Javier Diaz, dba Diaz Contracting for multiple violations, including failure to provide minimum wage and overtime to employees. The lawsuit seeks in excess of $634,800 in unpaid wages, penalties and damages affecting 129 workers. The lawsuit stems from on-going...
In the news release, Reed Group Study Finds Employees Taking Intermittent Family Medical Leave Are Three Times More Likely to File for Short-term Disability, issued 07-Aug-2012 by Reed Group over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the eighth paragraph, first sentence, should read "conducted by Spring Consulting Group found" rather than "conducted by Spring Consulting Group and published by the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) found" as originally issued...
ATLANTA & SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fisher & Phillips LLP and Inspired eLearning, Inc. have joined together to produce a new series of web-based compliance training courses for supervisors and employees. They have announced the initial release of an updated workplace harassment training program, and plan to release a broad-based suite of courses to train managers in all areas of employment laws and corporate ethics. Fisher & Phillips is one of the...
