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First District Enters Confusing Decision on First Responder’s Burden of Proof In Heart and Lung Cases

First District Enters Confusing Decision on First Responder’s Burden of Proof In Heart and Lung Cases

Oct 31, 2010

In a confusing 18 page decision issued on February 27, 2009 in Punsky v. Clay County, the First Dis...

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Increase in Federal Minimum Wage

Increase in Federal Minimum Wage

Oct 31, 2010

Did you know that the U.S. Congress passed the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 that will increase the ...

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Study Shows Minimum Wage Not Enough to Live In Parts of Florida

Study Shows Minimum Wage Not Enough to Live In Parts of Florida

Oct 31, 2010

People earning the state minimum wage of $6.79 an hour cannot afford to live in Nassau County, accor...

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Florida’s Shrinking Growth Rate Impacts Disabled Floridians

Florida’s Shrinking Growth Rate Impacts Disabled Floridians

Oct 31, 2010

In a front page article in Sunday, November 30, 2008 edition of the St. Petersburg Times, Marry Elle...

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Employer can reduce injured worker’s pay

Employer can reduce injured worker’s pay

Oct 31, 2010

Question: I have a clerical job at a large, non-union health-care facility, in which one of my respo...

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Florida’s minimum wage to go up to $6.79 January 1st

Florida’s minimum wage to go up to $6.79 January 1st

Oct 31, 2010

The minimum wage in Florida will increase from $6.67 per hour to $6.79 per hour on January 1, 2008. ...

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Florida’s Move Over Law and Florida First Responders

Florida’s Move Over Law and Florida First Responders

Oct 31, 2010

Did you know that Florida has a MOVE OVER law that requires drivers to pull over or slow down to 20 ...

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Florida First Responders and Mesothelioma/Abestos

Florida First Responders and Mesothelioma/Abestos

Oct 31, 2010

Police and emergency response personnel who worked ground zero on 9/11 have developed a number of he...

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Long Term Disability Claims Surveillance and Labor Day | Florida Long Term Disability – ERISA Denied Attorney

Long Term Disability Claims Surveillance and Labor Day | Florida Long Term Disability – ERISA Denied Attorney

Oct 31, 2010

"Capture the Long Term Disability Claimant on Video" That is the sales pitch that some investigat...

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