The federal minimum wage in Florida increased to $7.21 effective January 1, 2009. Tipped employees get a direct wage of $4.19 which is the Florida state minimum wage....
Continue readingWal-Mart, who has been sued more than 70 times, for making their employees miss required breaks or work off the clock has settled a Minnesota case for $54.25 million dollars....
Continue readingA December 2, 2008 New Times article discusses the current debate among cardiologists about whether CT angiography is as effective as conventional angiograms. These studies are used to determine if Florida First Responders with blocked arteries need angioplasty or bypass heart surgery....
Continue readingBurger King is telling suppliers it may stop buying tomatoes from southwestern Florida, where farm-workers have fought to get the hamburger chain to pay more for its produce, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press....
Continue readingSix Florida Contractors Cited In Surprise Sweep...
Continue readingThe Florida Supreme Court stuck down a 2003 Florida workers' compensation law that capped workers' compensation lawyer fees which had made it very hard to find a workers' compensation lawyer who could afford to help an injured employee who needed workers' compensation benefits. The Florida legislature passed a law in the 2009 Session once again limiting workers' compensation attorney fees and Governor Crist has signed it into law....
Continue readingOn New Year's Eve, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation released its annual report on the state of the market for workers' compensation insurance to the Florida Legislature....
Continue readingFlorida is the largest workers' compensation insurance market in the nation dominated by private market insurers, according to a state report released this morning....
Continue readingChronically injured workers – those who remain injured for four years or more – represent only 17 percent of all injured workers, but account for 45 percent of all workers' compensation prescriptions, and nearly 65 percent of all pharmacy costs....
Continue readingIt's not just property-insurance companies that have earned special attention from state insurance regulators....
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