What You Should Know About Reemployment Compensation
Mansfield, Tanick and Cohen, P.A.
Unemployment compensation, now known as reemployment insurance, is a system for providing benefits to people who ha.
Individual Assistance Programs
DHS - Federal Emergency Management Agency
Fact sheet from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) which describes FEMA's programs designed to assist individuals after a disaster.
Supreme Court Affirms Ruling On "Potato Chip" Case: Good News For Employers
Jun Suk Bang and Alain M. Baudry of White and Williams LLP
On June 16, 1998, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania made life a little easier for employers. In Rue v. K-Mart Corp..
Postmark Your Appeal
Michael F. X. Gillin & Associates, P.C.
A party to a lawsuit can easily lose a claim or an appeal by missing a filing deadline. Recently, an employer who f.
No Substitutes Please: Pennsylvania Non-Lawyers Barred From Representing Employers in Unemployment Compensation Proceedings
Robert W. Pritchard and Shannon H. Paliotta of Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Reversing a long-standing practice in Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held in a 5-2 decision that corporations may not be represented by non-lawyers at unemployment compensation hearings.
Huge Cost Of Unemployment Benefits Poses Dilemma For All Louisiana Employers
A. Kevin Troutman of Fisher & Phillips LLP
Louisiana faces an unprecedented level of unemployment benefits paid as a result of the impact from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This article discusses the state's liberally-granted unemployment benefits and how the price tag could prove quite painful for all Louisiana employers.
In a relatively typical week before the disasters, the Louisiana Department Of Labor paid less than 9,000 unemployment claims and under $4 million in benefits.
Pennsylvania Governor Rendell Signs Legislation Allowing Non-Attorneys to Represent Corporate Employers in Unemployment Compensation Proceedings
John M. O'Donnell and William J. Leahy of Littler Mendelson, P.C.
In February, 2005, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court issued a decision holding that corporations could not be represented by non-attorneys in administrative proceedings involving unemployment compensation claims. Harkness v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, No. 150 C.D. 2004 (Pa. Commw. Feb. 3, 2005). As a result of the Harkness decision, company employees could appear and testify at unemployment compensation hearings without legal representation, but they were not permitted to ask questions of witnesses, make objections, or deliver legal arguments.
Employees' Compensation Appeals Board: Board Procedures
United States Department of Labor-Office of the Solicitor
An overview of the Employees' Compensation Appeals Board's procedures.
States Now May Provide Unemployment Compensation To New Parents
Bodman LLP
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has adopted a new interpretation of the existing federal unemployment c.
Virginia Worker's Compensation Law Update
Bagby, Thomas R. of Woods Rogers PLC
Workers' Compensation; Duty to Furnish Medical Attention. The Workers' Compensation Act was amended to allow emplo.
Railroad Retirement Board Appeals Procedures--December 1998
Railroad Retirement Board
Brochure from the Railroad Retirement Board which describes the appeals processes for persons whose claims under the Railroad Retirement Act or Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act are denied, or who are dissatisfied with decisions on their claims.
Pennslyvania Supreme Court Rules that Unemployment Compensation Referee's Factual Findings can be Re-Tried in a Civil Trial
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
On June 16, 1998, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court determined that the factual findings of unemployment compensation .
Going It Alone at an Unemployment Compensation Hearing in Pennsylvania
Robert E. Ballard of Powell, Trachtman, Logan, Carrle & Lombardo P.C.
Consider a situation in which an undeserving employee files for unemployment compensation and a hearing is sche.
Recent Employment-Related Legislative Changes
Rudman & Winchell
The recently concluded First Regular Session of the 119th Maine Legislature resulted in a number of statutory changes relating to employment law.