Congressman Brad Miller (D-NC), Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and Jerry Ensminger, the Marine who watched his nine year old daughter die of leukemia in 1985, spoke in Raleigh, NC recently and introduced a heart wrenching documentary, Semper Fi, about toxic chemicals that were in the drinking water between 1957-1987 at the U.S Marine Corps Base in Camp LeJeune, NC, [...]
Federal law provides that employers with 15 or more employees cannot discriminate against employees because of genetic information.Under a 2009 Federal law called GINA (the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act), employers with 15 or more employees cannot discriminate against employees because of genetic information. That information may include a past or present medical history (for example: [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case from Causey Law Firm of Washington state.When applying for disability benefits, keep in mind that decision-makers at administrative agencies, insurance carriers or their representatives may look up information about you on the internet and/or they may call you and hear your voice mail recording. By applying for [...]
Today’s post comes from guest author Edgar Romano from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano of New York.The AFL-CIO has released its 2012 report on worker fatalities which also examines the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) role in ensuring safe workplaces. The AFL-CIO has been producing this report for 21 years, and we [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Matthew Funk from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano.Putting off seeing medical care is commonplace for chronic medical conditions. Under the Workers’ Compensation Law there is no timeframe for a claimant to see a medical provider. There is nothing in the law that requires a worker to see [...]
Today's post comes to us from Tom Domer of Wisconsin. Most of us do not associate a professional athlete’s injury with workers'’ compensation. Because of pro athletes’ generous contract wages, and the relatively modest recoveries available under workers'’ compensation, most fans don’t recognize that when it comes to receiving workers'’ compensation, professional athletes are just [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case from Causey Law Firm.General Electric is running a series of advertisements that portray their employees, working in several industries, celebrating the impact of their work on our communities as well as on individuals. In one spot, workers' who build jet engines explain the precision of their work [...]
Today’s post comes from guest author Todd Jones from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano.QUESTION: DOES GOING BACK TO WORK RUIN MY CASE? ANSWER: Not at all! This question comes up a lot in Workers’ Compensation cases. When someone is injured they have to balance their personal and professional obligations while including their injury [...]
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gynne In the New York Times bestseller, Empire of the Summer Moon, author S.C. Gynne writes in great detail about the last days of the Comanche Indians, who roamed the great plains from Mexico to North Dakota and who were the last holdouts against the white man’s overwhelming [...]
Today's guest post comes from Kit Case of the Causey Law Firm in Washington State. Injured workers' transition from time loss compensation under their workers'’ compensation claim to unemployment compensation when they are released to return to work but do not have a job available to them. In many cases, disputes arise as to whether [...]