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Florida

State cuts workers’ comp rates by an average 15.7 percent

01/01/2007

The state’s insurance commissioner, Kevin McCarty, got his wish, approving an average 15.7 percent cut in workers’ compensation rates. That means a savings of more than $400 million for Florida employers …

Homeland Security’s Miami office to pay $2.5 million in bias lawsuit

01/01/2007

When it comes to discrimination laws, you’d think the federal government would know the rules. Yet a jury recently ordered the U.S. Homeland Security Department to pay $2.5 million to a former employee in a bias lawsuit …

State wins federal grant to help disabled start up businesses

01/01/2007

The Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation has received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Labor Department to promote entrepreneurship among disabled people …

Tallahassee college learns a hard lesson in $34,000 payout

01/01/2007

Tallahassee Community College recently settled a discrimination lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department, agreeing to pay more than $34,000 in back pay and interest to a job applicant …

Worker confidence rebounds statewide, except in Tampa area

01/01/2007

After a sharp dip in September, economic confidence among employees in Florida rose by 3.5 points in October, reaching a Hudson Employment Index of 118.7 …

Florida Workers’ Comp Law: What Is ‘Maximum Medical Improvement’?

01/01/2007

Even though Florida’s workers’ compensation (WC) system includes many safeguards to protect against abuse, you must still stay on top of cases to ensure that you pay only legitimate benefits …

Psychiatric Records Off-Limits in Certain Investigations

12/01/2006

When a Florida employee seeks workers’ compensation, your organization doesn’t have unlimited access to his or her medical information to challenge that request …

One simple mistake can entitle workers to UI benefits

12/01/2006

When you terminate an employee for refusing to accept a schedule change, that person typically isn’t eligible for unemployment compensation. But if your organization makes one little mistake in such circumstances, it could be on the hook for benefits …

Co-Worker’s flirtation isn’t sexual harassment

12/01/2006

Casting admiring glances or making other such flirtatious gestures toward a co-worker isn’t sexual harassment under the Florida Civil Rights Act. That law doesn’t require employers to guarantee that employees won’t ever look at each other in a way perceived as a "come-on" …

Chasing thief off-Site? Injury earns workers’ comp

12/01/2006

Generally, workers’ compensation won’t cover Florida employees when they’re injured after leaving the workplace. But that’s not the case if the employee left the premises in an emergency to save life or property related to the business …