- Untaxed tips must be counted toward bartender’s comp benefit: Nev. high courtDetermining the amount of workers compensation benefits owed to an injured bartender must include the untaxed tips he received and reported to his employer, Nevada’s Supreme Court has ruled.
- OFF BEAT: MMA fighter works out deal on workers comp fraud chargesA Los Angeles firefighter who found himself in hot water when he was caught pursuing a career as a mixed martial arts fighter while on disability leave from his fire department job has ended his battle with prosecutors who had charged him with insurance…
- OFF BEAT: Daughter collects deceased dad’s workers comp payments for 22 yearsThe state of Hawaii for 22 years paid workers compensation benefits to a dead man amounting to nearly $400,000.
- Poor health of employees can drag down productivity: Integrated Benefits InstituteWorkers’ poor health and its drag on productivity costs U.S. employers $576 billion annually, according to an estimate released Wednesday by the San Francisco-based Integrated Benefits Institute.