A new Littler Mendelson survey found two-thirds of in-house attorneys and corporate leaders were concerned about the technologies' impact on employee morale and compliance with privacy laws.
The state's legislative response presents an interesting case study on government efforts to curb the impact of bad faith laws as a result of lessons learned from this tragedy.
An idiopathic injury occurs when either the cause of an accident is unknown or when it is due to a personal condition of the employee with no relationship to a workplace risk or hazard. For an injury to be compensable under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-1(4), it must "arise out of" and occur "in the course of" employment.