Representing the Injured or Disabled Member Part 26: FMLA Rights Concerning Return to Duty

By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson

Representing the Injured or Disabled Member

Part 26: FMLA Rights Concerning Return to Duty

This article is the 26th  in a multiple part series covering the rights your injured and disabled members have and how you, as a union or guild representative, can best assist them.  Over the several weeks and continuing for the next several weeks, we’ll be publishing, in various segments, information on how state and federal laws protect your members who are hurt or otherwise unable to work. We’ll cover topics including disability discrimination law, the FMLA, job protection rights under the CBA, workers compensation, disability benefits, and the right to bring a civil lawsuit.

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Representing the Injured or Disabled Member Part 25: Rights under the FMLA

By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson

Representing the Injured or Disabled Member

Part 25: Rights under the FMLA 

This article is the 25th in a multiple part series covering the rights your injured and disabled members have and how you, as a union or guild representative, can best assist them. Over the several weeks and continuing for the next several weeks, we’ll be publishing, in various segments, information on how state and federal laws protect your members who are hurt or otherwise unable to work. We’ll cover topics including disability discrimination law, the FMLA, job protection rights under the CBA, workers compensation, disability benefits, and the right to bring a civil lawsuit.

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Representing the Injured or Disabled Member Part 24:  Leave Exhaustion as  Just Cause for Separation

By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson

Representing the Injured or Disabled Member

Part 24: Leave Exhaustion as  Just Cause for Separation

This article is the 24th in a multiple part series covering the rights your injured and disabled members have and how you, as a union or guild representative, can best assist them. Over the several weeks and continuing for the next several weeks, we’ll be publishing, in various segments, information on how state and federal laws protect your members who are hurt or otherwise unable to work. We’ll cover topics including disability discrimination law, the FMLA, job protection rights under the CBA, workers compensation, disability benefits, and the right to bring a civil lawsuit.

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Representing the Injured or Disabled Member Part 23: Proof of the Basis for Separation in Arbitration

By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson

Representing the Injured or Disabled Member

Part 23: Proof of the Basis for Separation in Arbitration

This article is the 23rd in a multiple part series covering the rights your injured and disabled members have and how you, as a union or guild representative, can best assist them. Over the several weeks and continuing for the next several weeks, we’ll be publishing, in various segments, information on how state and federal laws protect your members who are hurt or otherwise unable to work. We’ll cover topics including disability discrimination law, the FMLA, job protection rights under the CBA, workers compensation, disability benefits, and the right to bring a civil lawsuit.

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Representing the Injured or Disabled Member Part 22: Arbitration of Mental Health and the Direct Threat to the Workplace

By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson

Representing the Injured or Disabled Member

Part 22: Arbitration of Mental Health and the Direct Threat to the Workplace

This article is the 22nd in a multiple part series covering the rights your injured and disabled members have and how you, as a union or guild representative, can best assist them. Over the several weeks and continuing for the next several weeks, we’ll be publishing, in various segments, information on how state and federal laws protect your members who are hurt or otherwise unable to work. We’ll cover topics including disability discrimination law, the FMLA, job protection rights under the CBA, workers compensation, disability benefits, and the right to bring a civil lawsuit.

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Representing the Injured or Disabled Member Part 21: Medical Separation Arbitrations

By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson

Representing the Injured or Disabled Member

Part 21: Medical Separation Arbitrations 

This article is the 21st in a multiple part series covering the rights your injured and disabled members have and how you, as a union or guild representative, can best assist them. Over the several weeks and continuing for the next several weeks, we’ll be publishing, in various segments, information on how state and federal laws protect your members who are hurt or otherwise unable to work. We’ll cover topics including disability discrimination law, the FMLA, job protection rights under the CBA, workers compensation, disability benefits, and the right to bring a civil lawsuit.

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Representing the Injured or Disabled Member Part 20: Disability Law and Alcohol Related Misconduct

By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson

Representing the Injured or Disabled Member

Part 20: Disability Law and Alcohol Related Misconduct

This article is the 20th in a multiple part series covering the rights your injured and disabled members have and how you, as a union or guild representative, can best assist them. Over the several weeks and continuing for the next several weeks, we’ll be publishing, in various segments, information on how state and federal laws protect your members who are hurt or otherwise unable to work. We’ll cover topics including disability discrimination law, the FMLA, job protection rights under the CBA, workers compensation, disability benefits, and the right to bring a civil lawsuit.

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Representing the Injured or Disabled Member Part 19: Disability Protections Under the CBA

By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson

Representing the Injured or Disabled Member

Part 19: Disability Protections Under the CBA

This article is the 19th in a multiple part series covering the rights your injured and disabled members have and how you, as a union or guild representative, can best assist them. Over the several weeks and continuing for the next several weeks, we’ll be publishing, in various segments, information on how state and federal laws protect your members who are hurt or otherwise unable to work. We’ll cover topics including disability discrimination law, the FMLA, job protection rights under the CBA, workers compensation, disability benefits, and the right to bring a civil lawsuit.

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Representing the Injured or Disabled Member Part 18: Newsletter Series

By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson

 

 Representing the Injured or Disabled Member

Part 18: Limitations on the Employer to Acquire Confidential Medical Information
This article is the 18th in a multiple part series covering the rights your injured and disabled members have and how you, as a union or guild representative, can best assist them.  Over the several weeks and continuing for the next several weeks, we’ll be publishing, in various segments, information on how state and federal laws protect your members who are hurt or otherwise unable to work. We’ll cover topics including disability discrimination law, the FMLA, job protection rights under the CBA, workers compensation, disability benefits, and the right to bring a civil lawsuit.

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Disability Reasonable Accommodation Table Expanded and Posted on Premium Website

tennis-elbow_sagBy Jim Cline

As part of our continued effort provide the best possible information to our clients and Premium Website subscribers we have vastly expanded our “Reasonable Accommodation” case table. The case table shows what types of accommodations have been found reasonable and not reasonable for a wide range of medical conditions.

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