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Workers’ Comp Fraud: Employee Ordered To Repay Benefits After Bogus Claim Uncovered; How To Prevent Fraud

By Jennifer Carsen Feb 1, 2001 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a videotape can be worth many times more when a surveillance camera catches an employee in the act of dramatizing a phony workers’ comp injury. That’s what happened in a recent case that resulted in the criminal conviction of a malingering employee who was also ordered to […]

Preventing Sexual Harassment: A Self-Audit Checklist

By Jennifer Carsen Mar 1, 1998 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 18, 2015

The possibility of facing a sexual harassment claim can make any employer nervous. And investigating a workplace harassment charge is frequently uncomfortable for all parties involved. To make matters worse, the line between illegal harassment and offensive but harmless office banter can be fuzzy at best.