http://www.millerandrosnick.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_axn=feed&type=rss_2.0 Untitled 12 http://www.millerandrosnick.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000184&title=Social+Security+Windfall+Elimination+Provision&source=feed The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) addresses Social Security retirement and disability benefits and generally affects individuals who earned a pension through their employment with a government agency and who also paid Social Security taxes... http://www.millerandrosnick.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000184&title=Social+Security+Windfall+Elimination+Provision&source=feed http://www.millerandrosnick.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000185&title=Distribution+of+Proceeds+From+Third+Party+Action&source=feed Once a third party action has concluded and a recovery achieved for an employee's injury, the matter of distribution arises. As a first priority, the general rule is that the party who paid the employee compensation (most likely the employer or... http://www.millerandrosnick.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000185&title=Distribution+of+Proceeds+From+Third+Party+Action&source=feed http://www.millerandrosnick.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000186&title=Uninsured+Contractor&source=feed Some employers may seek to avoid workers' compensation liability by using contractors to perform work that would normally be performed by the employer's own employees. The reasoning is that employers are responsible only for the workers'... http://www.millerandrosnick.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000186&title=Uninsured+Contractor&source=feed http://www.millerandrosnick.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000187&title=Acts+Outside+Employee%27s+Regular+Duties+That+Benefit+Others&source=feed When an employee acts to benefit his employer, he is considered to be within the course of his employment as long as such actions were undertaken in good faith. It is immaterial whether the employee's own regular work assignments were furthered... http://www.millerandrosnick.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000187&title=Acts+Outside+Employee%27s+Regular+Duties+That+Benefit+Others&source=feed http://www.millerandrosnick.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000188&title=%22Dual+Persona%22+and+the+Attachment+of+Tort+Liability+for+a+Worker%27s+Injury&source=feed Normally, given the nature of the workers' compensation system, employers are immune from an injured worker's tort action; his exclusive remedy is workers' compensation benefits. However, when the employer has such a distinct persona, separate... http://www.millerandrosnick.com/newsletters/Workers-Compensation/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000188&title=%22Dual+Persona%22+and+the+Attachment+of+Tort+Liability+for+a+Worker%27s+Injury&source=feed