PA: UI benefits awarded over objection: failure to comply with 'policy' no bar to comp.
CASE FACTS: An employee employed as a Certified Nurses Assistant (CNA) by Mount Macrina Manor was terminated by the nursing home after an extensive period during which the nurse violated her employer's policy against excessive absenteeism. The policy provided for a program of progressive disciplinary actions in response to...

MN:-nurse, tired of putting up with guff, quits: leaving 'without cause'--U.I. benefits denied.
CASE FACTS: Karen Humenik worked as a registered nurse at Mission Farms Nursing Home, Inc., from June 2003 until August 29, 2003. She maintained that over an eight-month period her nursing supervisor, Heidi Larsen, drove her to quit her job. Nurse Humenik identified five separate incidents leading to the...

Directors' new attitude toward D & O insurance: are you--and your assets--adequately protected? More directors than ever are interested and engaged in knowing the answer.
AFTER YEARS OF HEADLINES highlighting claims against directors and officers, many directors have determined that they need to be more involved in ensuring their D & O insurance is up to par. Gone are the days when they would accept on faith that they had sufficient coverage. Today, most...

Protecting key people. (Disability).
Key person insurance protects your company against financial risks such as loss of revenue if a key employee dies, becomes disabled, or retires. While this is a popular type of insurance coverage, companies are reconsidering this risk in light of the terrorist attack. Ask any manager: A...

Camp Insurance 101.
Understanding the fundamentals of a camp insurance program Camp directors may not always be aware of all the exposures their businesses face. Working with children presents unmatched rewards, but also creates unique risks from the insurance perspective. While camp directors or owners should consult with qualified insurance...

Key cover.
Byline: Aman Dhall It promised to be a key policy for corporate India especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), but never took off after Insurance and Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) clipped its wings two years back. Keyman insurance primarily aims to provide cover to enterprises, which are...

State rules break up stay-home work force.
Byline: SHERRI BURI McDONALD The Register-Guard BLACHLY - In the four years that Migel Santana assembled miniature flashlights at his home for Laughing Rabbit Inc., a manufacturer in this tiny rural community about 40 miles west of Eugene, he never once thought of himself as an LRI...

Strategies for providing wage replacement during leave.
Most women cannot afford to forfeit their income during maternity leave; if they had to, many would not use all their leave. On the other hand, the birth of healthy children benefits the whole nation and, as a matter of equity, employers alone should not bear the cost as...

IRDA bars keyman policy sale via ULIPs.
The insurance regulator has categorically barred selling the keyman policy through endowment or unit-linked plans. It has said the keyman insurance cover can be sold only through term assurance, which combines life, accident and disability insurance policies to protect business of a company from the death or...

Being canned.
My last day on the job was a Thursday, print deadline day. It was a week before Thanksgiving, and I had to cram five days of work into the upcoming three-day workweek. The morning was hectic, and when my boss buzzed me, asking me to come to his office,...