When you turn on the faucet in your kitchen sink or go to take a drink from the water fountain, you expect to taste cool, refreshing water… and nothing else. Unfortunately, this is not always the case as water can be contaminated with lead. At this time, Georgia is moving forward with a plan to test …
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Inadequate training negatively impacts employees and employers alike, leading to costly injuries, low morale, and high turnover rates. Proper training is essential to ensure a safe and productive work environment, reducing the likelihood of workplace accidents.
However, when accidents do occur, it’s crucial to have a knowledgeable workers’ compensation attorney on your side.
Georgia Testing for Lead Poisoning
Tom Holder Wins Prestigious
2020 Comp Laude® Award
from WorkCompCentral
In the workers’ compensation industry, one of the highest awards an attorney can receive is the Comp Laude® Awards presented by WorkCompCentral. We’re thrilled to announce that this year’s Comp Laude® Award in the Applicant/Claimant Attorney category went to our very own Tom Holder! While awards …
Gerber & Holder Law Scholarship Winner: History of Civil Rights and the Labor Movement
An often overlooked historical connection existed between the civil rights movement and organized labor. As the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) puts it, civil rights and labor were 2 movements with 1 common goal. While these 2 separate movements didn’t …
Atlanta McDonald’s Employee Arrested for Attacking a Coworker with Car
Everyone has a workplace squabble now and again, but this disagreement between 2 McDonald’s employees quickly escalated. On Nov. 28th, Atlanta police arrived at the McDonald’s on Northside Drive—in Midtown—around midnight. They discovered 1 employee with a leg injury. According to their report, 2 …
Are Georgia Workers Eligible for Compensation After Contracting COVID-19 At Work?
With COVID-19 ever-present on our minds, we’re always wondering what it will affect next. It’s changed the way we do everything. The latest change is the eligibility requirements for workers’ compensation. According to the Department of Labor (DOL), the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) …
Can the Family of an Atlanta Nightclub Employee Get Workers’ Compensation Death Benefits?
In October 2020, an employee of an Atlanta nightclub was shot and killed while working. On Thursday, October 29 at 2:20 a.m., officers arrived on the scene of the Members Only lounge, a nightclub in northeast Atlanta owned by the rapper 2 Chainz. An employee had been shot in the chest. Though he …