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Negligence in employment encompasses several causes of action in tort law that arise where an employer is held liable for the tortious acts of an employee because that employer was negligent in providing the employee with the ability to engage in a particular act.
To make sure you receive unemployment benefits, you first have to parse through the many steps on your state's unemployment insurance (UI) website to submit a claim. It's easy to miss something, or...
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
Typically, the first way to claim constructive dismissal involves an employer making substantial changes to the employment contract, such as: a demotion; altering the employee's reporting structure, job description or working conditions; lowering an employee's compensation; changing hours of work; imposing a suspension or leave of absence; and
For example, per the New York State Department of Labor, you have to work under 30 hours — and earn less than $504 per week — to be eligible for partial unemployment insurance benefits. If you ...
Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990), is a United States Supreme Court case that held that the state could deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition on the use of peyote even though the use of the drug was part of a religious ritual.
A former federal employee was sentenced this week after taking over $2 million in unemployment benefits during the pandemic. Former federal employee sentenced for massive unemployment scheme Skip ...
Insurance fraud refers to any intentional act committed to deceive or mislead an insurance company during the application or claims process, or the wrongful denial of a legitimate claim by an insurance company. It occurs when a claimant knowingly attempts to obtain a benefit or advantage they are not entitled to receive, or when an insurer ...