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According to the United States Department of Labor a federal judge recently ordered a food manufacturing company to pay $1.76 million to former workers who are mentally disabled for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The order was a part of a partial summary...
Part of the analysis to determine eligibility for disability benefits by the Social Security Administration requires proof a "medically determinable impairment". Simply put, there must be medical documentation to show that an individual has an actual medical...
A father from Arizona who lost his daughter when she was age 18 wants to expand the Family Medical Leave Act to include a grieving period to mourn the loss of an immediate family member. The Arizona father's effort is combined with the effort of Illinois father who...
There are three employment law trends that employers are following. The three labor law areas are Wage and Hour laws; sexual orientation, religious and disability discrimination and violence and bullying. Wage and Hour law violations remain the number one area of...
In Wisconsin, a fairly recent amendment to the unemployment insurance law may allow employees to collect benefits if forced to quit a job to care for sick family member.The general rule, with several exceptions, is that an employee is not entitled to collect...
People with impairments who previously were not protected and not offered a reasonable accommodation in their workplace may find that they meet the new definition under an amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act. New regulations issued by the Equal Employment...
A man who underwent back surgery and wanted to use his long-term disability benefits to fully recover from his operation has filed a wrongful termination suit against Comcast because the company threatened to fire the man if he used the full extent of his disability...
For working parents, a sick child can throw their entire day off and often parents are put in the position of choosing between their work and their child's health. While the Family Medical Leave Act covers workers when they have a serious health condition, need to...
Mulitple Sclerosis is a disease which causes neurological impairments due to the body's own immune system attacking the myelin or insulating substance of the brain and spinal cords nerve cell communication fiber called axons. Mulitple Sclerosis is a listed impairment...
Over the last year around 8.2 million people collected disability benefits through the Social Security Disability Income program. The total number of benefits collected was around $115 billion. The number of people receiving benefits has increased over the last ten...
