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Excessive Workplace Stress

By Job Virata | April 26th, 2018

Although workplace stress is normal, extreme stress can hinder an employee’s productivity and performance. Undue stress can also negatively affect a person’s physical and emotional health and could cause damaging impact to one’s relationships and home life. Excessive stress could be a significant factor on whether you will fail or succeed in your job. Just like many situations in life, you cannot control everything that happens in the workplace, what you can do is to control how you react to these stressors. While excessive stress is bad for.

Shooting in the Workplace

By Job Virata | April 21st, 2018

You are entitled to expect security and safety whenever you’re inside the workplace. Because you spend a lot of your time in the office, sometimes more than you do at home, your employer has the responsibility to make sure that each of their employees is safe within the confines of their establishment. Security and safety don’t refer to just your protection from accidents but also your security whenever an untoward event perpetrated by unscrupulous people occur like gun shooting or robbery. Last April 3 one of the biggest.

Workplace Robotics & Artificial Intelligence

By Job Virata | April 19th, 2018

Necessity is the mother of invention. Ever since humankind has started creating new things, the focus of their creation is to help them with the task that they need to perform. From vehicles to electricity, humans have created new technology to find ways to make their lives and work easier. The use of machines in the workplace is nothing new; however, with the advancements in technology these machines that used to do simple tasks are now capable of so much more. The invention of robotics and artificial intelligence.

Understanding Workplace Harassment

By Job Virata | March 15th, 2018

Many people who hear the term “workplace harassment” immediately think about sexual harassment in the office. Although sexual harassment is one of the types of workplace harassment, this is not the only kind that an employee may experience in their workplace. Workplace harassment is any form of unwelcome, sometimes unlawful, conduct that may come from different sources inside the organization. Aside from coming from a higher authority figure, it can also come from coworkers, group of coworkers, vendors, and even customers. The most severe forms of workplace harassment.

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

By Job Virata | February 28th, 2018

Sexual harassment in the workplace is illegal and is punishable by law, but did you know that it is also a type of discrimination? Sexual harassment is considered to be a type of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and there is a branch of the government that deals explicitly with discrimination called U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). How do you know if you’re experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace? As per the definition of the EEOC, if an individual’s.

Workers’ Compensation: The Benefits You Need to Know

By Job Virata | February 6th, 2018

Suffering from a workplace accident can be detrimental to person’s financial stability. Depending on the severity of the injury sustained during the accident, it can take weeks or even months before a person can go back to work or find another job to be able to provide for themselves and their family. It is the responsibility of your employer to have workers’ compensation insurance in case of any injury sustained inside the workplace or while doing your job for your employer, however, as an employee it is also.

Workplace Accidents and Workers’ Compensation

By Job Virata | February 2nd, 2018

As an employee, we are expected to perform at our best and gain profit for the company that we are working for. In return, our employers are required to compensate us with our salaries and benefits; however, aside from these straightforward responsibilities of our employers, we are also entitled to “workers’ compensation”. “Workers’ compensation” pertains to a set of laws that outline specific compensations which an injured employee is entitled to claim. Workers’ compensation laws are found on each state’s statutes and have variations for each state, aside.

Five Construction Zone Hazards That Cause Motorcycle Accidents

By Patrick Hogan | November 10th, 2016

The motorcycle’s design gives it great agility on the road but also makes it less stable than four-wheeled vehicles. This makes motorcycles vulnerable to pavement irregularities, sand, debris, and other road conditions that present only a minor annoyance to motorists. The problem only gets worse in road construction zones, which are full of “booby traps” waiting for the unwary motorcyclist. Here are five construction zone hazards that cause motorcycle accidents: Poor road friction. Road surfaces in construction zones are anything but ideal. They can be unpaved with loose sand, gravel,.

Can You Claim Lost Wages While Recovering from a Truck Accident? Yes!

By Patrick Hogan | October 6th, 2016

In the aftermath of a truck accident, most survivors have substantial medical bills as well as damage to their vehicles and personal possessions. But the losses do not stop there. Did you know that a loss of earnings is a very real claim that you can make even if you used vacation and sick time to receive pay? Financial Responsibilities after an Accident Your rent or mortgage, utilities, and other bills do not stop because you had an accident. Far too many victims of vehicle crashes find that they fall.

Injured and Retaliated: The Workers’ Compensation Law

By Patrick Hogan | November 15th, 2013

QUESTION: Can my employer fire me if I file a personal injury claim for negligence against my job? I already have a Worker’s Compensation lawyer. ANSWER: Ordinarily, an employee’s rights against his or her employer for on-the-job injuries lie solely under the workers’ compensation law—i.e., when the “conditions of compensation” are present, the employer is immune from civil damages liability because workers’ compensation is the injured employee’s “exclusive remedy. Workers’ compensation is basically a “no fault” system of redress for work-related injuries—i.e., benefits are paid to injured employees without proof.

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Excessive Workplace Stress

Shooting in the Workplace

Understanding Workplace Harassment

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Workplace Accidents and Workers’ Compensation

Five Construction Zone Hazards That Cause Motorcycle Accidents

Can You Claim Lost Wages While Recovering from a Truck Accident? Yes!

Injured and Retaliated: The Workers’ Compensation Law

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