Category: Employment Check, Please: The Importance of Background Checks To Avoid Negligent Hiring TASA ID: 1343 Employee background checks have become increasingly popular with business owners and HR professionals, and with good reason. Read more
Category: Employment Calculating The Cost Of Childcare TASA ID: 2343 Calculating the cost of childcare in divorce proceedings can be a complicated endeavor. And if all the costs are not included in the analysis, your client could lose out on a substantial amount of money. Read more
Category: Employment, Personal Injury Transferability of Skills Analysis: Use in RTW TASA ID: 540 Generally speaking, it does not matter what job the employee is returned to as long as they are 'making' close to their pre-injury wage. If, for some reason, the injured employee cannot return to work or cannot earn as much as they were before the injury. . . Read more
Category: Employment, Personal Injury Changes in PA Workers' Compensation Act 2014 TASA ID: 1823 A Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision made in November 2013, concerning standards for Workers' Compensation for Labor Market Surveys, is understood to substantially increase the burden in attempts of employers in modifying workers' compensation benefits. The decision argued on March 7, 2012 and decided upon November 21, 2013, involved a claimant who was injured during her employment with Phoenixville Hospital. She had applied for five jobs comprising a LMS. Read more
Category: Employment, Medical & Healthcare, Psychology/Psychiatry Assessing Neuro-Cognitive Complaints after Brain Injury: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction in Civil and Criminal Litigation TASA ID: 2434 Plaintiffs and other petitioners often sue for damages due to reported cognitive or emotional impairment. These cognitive impairments are often said to be the result of traumatic brain injury suffered in accidents, toxic exposures or medical procedures. Emotional impairments take the form of alleged depression or "traumatic" anxiety following such events, or those involving employment, business or similar affairs. Read more
