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DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, Jan. 8, 2015 - "Today I announce the schedule for the final phase of implementation of the REAL ID Act. Bottom line up front: Effective January 22, 2018, air travelers with a driver’s license or identification card...

On May 5, 2015, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published a guidance document regarding travel between Cuba and the United States. Persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States who are traveling to and from Cuba from the United...

A Louisiana appellate court affirmed summary judgment in favor of a defendant employer whose employee rear-ended a van, killing the van’s driver and causing catastrophic injuries to the plaintiff who was a passenger in the van. At the time of the...

The “going and coming” rule is a deceptively simple one. There is no reference to the “going and coming” rule concept in the Labor Code. However, the rule has developed over time by case law, essentially holding that the employer...

A jury’s consideration of MapQuest data that showed that a pharmacy and a restaurant were more than eight miles apart was not error in spite of the fact that the data was not fully authenticated, held an Ohio appellate court. The jury’s determination...

A Colorado court held that a claimant, who served as president of an organization of unpaid volunteers under the supervision of the Teller County Sheriff’s Department, was not only an “employee” under the special volunteer provision...

The Nebraska Court of Appeals affirmed the exclusion from a construction worker’s average weekly wage of a per diem paid when the worker performed services outside of Nebraska, on the basis that the Compensation Court’s finding that it was...

By Stuart D. Colburn, Esq., and Albert Betts, Jr., Esq., Co-Authors, Texas Workers’ Compensation Law This year marks an anniversary that will not be celebrated with a parade or even a mention on the local news. But it is significant to those...

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the standard mileage rate for business miles will decline 3.5 cents per mile to 54 cents per mile as of January 1, 2016. The California Workers’ Compensation Institute notes that this means the mileage...

"Undocumented migrants in Ireland and in the US have much in common. They fear officialdom, are unable to access basic healthcare, welfare and educational services, and are vulnerable to abusive employers. They can’t travel, for fear of being...