Ormond Dunn Attorneys at Law in Columbia, SC (803) 933-9000 – Ormond Dunn Attorneys at Law in Columbia, SC (803) 933-9000 specializes in Employment and Workman's Compensation Law – Accident Personal and bodily Injury Law – Real Estate and Real Property Law

COVID-19 Illness covered by Workers Compensation?

By Ben Dunn|2020-04-15T13:41:16-04:00April 15th, 2020|Uncategorised|

Diseases which are caused by your occupation (Occupational Diseases) are covered by Workers Compensation in South Carolina. An Occupational Disease must be linked to your employment. Some states are making sure that occupations which make employees susceptible to COVID-19 have a path to coverage under their Workers Compensation Statutes. New rules for several states include [...]

ARE YOU AFFECTED BY THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OVERTIME RULES

By Arlee Carson|2016-12-30T16:17:09-05:00December 30th, 2016|Employment - Workers Compensation, Overtime Unpaid|

The Fair Labor Standards Act provides that employees, who are not exempt from this portion of the Statute, receive overtime pay at one and one half times their standard rate when working over forty hours a week. This provision includes employees that are salaried unless those persons are exempt. There are many exemptions for [...]