Former employees of Zynga describe a demanding workplace that includes loud outbursts by its chief, Mark Pincus. Zynga’s chief executive, Mark Pincus, got an earful from employees last month. In dozens of e-mails to a companywide list, frustrated workers complained about the long hours and stressful deadline periods. The quarterly staff survey solicited 1,600 responses, …

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in Texas, the exclusivity provision bars a suit claiming that injuries to a worker’s child were caused by the worker’s exposure to toxic substances in the workplace. Case name: Peters v. Texas Instruments Inc., No. 10C-06-043 JRJ (Del. Super. Ct. 09/30/11). Ruling: Applying Texas law, the Delaware Superior Court dismissed a worker’s suit alleging that …

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Officials had concerns about the increasing number of injuries on a Long Island Rail Road tunnel construction before a chunk of falling concrete killed a sandhog. Sandhogs are urban miners who brave the dark, damp conditions far beneath New York City to build tunnels for sewer, water and transportation. Historically, tunnel excavation and construction has …

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Bike riders and pedestrians in Prospect Park. Daily News reporter used radar to check speed of riders which was between 7-29 mph. The fastest was on the down hill slope. Pedestrians have been hit by cyclists and seriously injured. Two women were nearly killed in collisions with bicyclists in Prospect Park in the last six …

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More than 40 million Americans have a disability, and about 24% of them use mobility aids. Experts offer tips to improve care for these patients. By Christine S. Moyer, amednews staff. Posted Nov. 28, 2011. Lisa I. Iezzoni, MD, MSc, has not been weighed in nearly two decades. The last measurement was taken when she …

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After rocketing up the ranks of the states where workers’ compensation insurance costs the most, Connecticut’s rates could climb higher in 2012. The National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI), which represents workers’ compensation carriers, petitioned to hike a key formula used to determine rates by 4.5 percent next year in Connecticut on average for …

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Re: “WCB hostage-taker sentenced to 11 years; Gunman gets double credit for time served,” Nov. 23. I was totally astonished to hear that Patrick Clayton got 11 years for the hostage-taking at the WCB office in Edmonton. Some of the Workers’ Compensation Board employees wrote impact statements to the court, with regards to the situation, …

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The New York Court of Appeals ruled against insurers in six separate cases Nov. 15 by upholding a law requiring private insurers to deposit payments for some workers’ compensation benefits into state trust funds. The 6-0 ruling applies to six cases involving workers who were injured before the law, the New York Workers’ Compensation Reform …

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November 16, 2011 – 11:12am ALBANY, N.Y.—The New York Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that requires employers to make lump-sum payments to a state trust fund for certain permanent partial disability benefits. Advertisement   Read more in the Workers Comp Channel What’s This? Workers Comp News and analysis about the legislative, legal and …

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