Archives for September 2017

September 14, 2017 By

Representing the Injured or Disabled Member Part 52: Coordinating Disability Benefits from Multiple Sources

By: Jim Cline

This article is the 52nd 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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Filed Under: Disability, Workers Compensation
September 14, 2017 By

PERC Examiner Holds Employer Did Not Unilaterally Change Past Practice When It Cancelled Alternate Workers Compensation Program That It Used For Seven Weeks

By: Sarah E. Derry, Chris Casillas

In Vashon Island Fire and Rescue, PERC Examiner Karyl Elinski found that the employer’s decision to end its participation in a program that kept injured workers on salary (“Kept on Salary”) rather than using workers’ compensation was not an unfair labor practice. The employer had adopted the program for only seven weeks before deciding to terminate the program.

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Filed Under: Bad Faith Bargaining, Public Sector Collective Bargaining Rights
September 6, 2017 By

Representing the Injured or Disabled Member Part 51: Safety Regulations for Firefighters

By: Jim Cline

Representing the Injured or Disabled Member Part 51:

Safety Regulations for Firefighters II

This article is the 51st 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 with the help of a workers compensation attorney. Detroit injury attorneys should be able to help injured workers in seeking compensation.

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Filed Under: Disability