This is a report about a conference organized by Massachusetts State officials to provide more health care cost information in the effort to cabin the rise in those costs. Empowering Health Care Consumers – A Community Conversation II October 22, 2013 UMass Medical School / MA Office of Consumer Affairs & Business Regulation Chuck Cobb… Read More »Health Cost Information – Making Consumers Care
Employers Become OSHA Investigators Under Updated Virus Rules
ASK WHEN YOU LEARN OSHA standards for COVID 19, updated on May 19, 2020, uses reporting requirements to turn employers into investigators of their own jobsites. The employer must use reasonable efforts to reach conclusions on the questions – Has the pandemic visited your worksite? Was the employee’s COVID work-related? OSHA (the Federal Department of… Read More »Employers Become OSHA Investigators Under Updated Virus Rules
Employer Liability – Worker Uses Company Data Access – Customer Gets Threats
Employers need to protect company data from insider misuse Massachusetts Appeals Court decided a case involving an insurance agency employee who used her work computer to access claims data for an improper purpose – to get information that was used to threaten a claimant policyholder. Adams v. Congress Auto Insurance Agency, Inc., No. 15-P-452… Read More »Employer Liability – Worker Uses Company Data Access – Customer Gets Threats
Employee allowed to sue employer for inflicting emotional distress intentionally
No impunity for bullying totally unconnected to the employer’s interest A Latina legal assistant worked at the law offices of a male solo practitioner. The employer created an almost unbelievably hostile and disgusting workplace environment. She sued claiming intentional infliction of emotional distress, sexual harassment by hostile work environment and constructive discharge. The jury award… Read More »Employee allowed to sue employer for inflicting emotional distress intentionally
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