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  • Stern, Aimee M.
July 9, 2009
Possibly the best way for employers to protect themselves from a result like the one in Peters v. Rivers Edge is to make sure to conduct surveillance only when there is a reason to believe an employee is engaging in activities inconsistent with his or her claimed injury, and to be sure to thoroughly document the non-discriminatory reasons for every employment decision made with respect to an employee who has filed a workers’ compensation claim.
September 16, 2008
An OSHA Interpretation Letter issued on September 3, 2008, determined that incidents involving two employees who fell and were injured on their employer’s parking lots are considered work related, and therefore must be recorded in the employer’s log. This Interpretation Letter requires employers to record incidents that previously were considered to not require recording.