Month: June 2020

NEW HAMPSHIRE Department of Labor State Average Weekly Wage effective July 1, 2020 The Department of Labor in the State of New Hampshire has announced new maximum and minimum weekly compensation rates effective July 1, 2020 The new maximum weekly compensation rate will be one thousand six hundred eighty-six dollars ($1,686.00). In order for an injured employee to receive the maximum benefit,…

OSHA ISSUES REVISED ENFORCEMENT GUIDANCE FOR RECORDING CASES OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) On May 19, 2020 OSHA issued new guidance that requires that where employers know of an employee with a confirmed case of COVID19, they must undertake a reasonable, good faith investigation to determine whether the illness is “work related.” If, upon the conclusion of such investigation, the…