Workers Compensation & Workplace Safety

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Anthony T. Lathrop, a member of the Employment and Labor team, has extensive experience assisting clients with Workers Compensation issues and claims.  He is a North Carolina State Bar Certified Specialist in the area of Workers Compensation.  He also serves on the NC State Bar committee that reviews applications and writes and grades the written examinations for Workers Comp specialization.  In addition, he is a past chair of the NC Bar Association’s Workers Compensation Section.  Mr. Lathrop is also certified by the NC Dispute Resolution Commission as a Superior Court Mediator, and is on the North Carolina Industrial Commission’s Panel of Approved Workers Comp Mediators.  Mr. Lathrop has defended numerous workers compensation claims through trial and verdict, and in North Carolina’s appellate courts, for large self-insured employers and some of the world’s largest insurance companies.  Mr. Lathrop also consults extensively with the firm’s business clients in connection with on-the-job accidents and related insurance issues.

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Publications

• Reminder: Federal Minimum Wage Changes
  Federal Minimum Wage Increase goes into Effect Today (7/24/09)
  July 24, 2009, Employment Alert

  On Friday, July 24, 2009 the Federal Minimum wage increases to $7.25 per hour.

• Supreme Court Addresses Employee’s Burden in Mixed-Motives ADEA Cases
  U.S. Supreme Court Shields Employers from the Burden of Persuasion
  July 1, 2009, Employment Law Alert

  In Mixed- Motives ADEA Cases, the U.S. Supreme Court Shields Employers from the Burden of Persuasion.