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Representing the Injured or Disabled Member Part 49: Coordinating Disability Benefits from Multiple Sources

By: Jim Cline

Representing the Injured or Disabled Member

Part 49: Coordinating Disability Benefits from Multiple Sources

This article is the 49th 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 past several weeks and continuing for the next several weeks, we have been and will be publishing, in various segments, information on how state and federal laws protect your members who are hurt or otherwise unable to work. We will 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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