September 30, 2016
By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson
This article is the 13th 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 next two to three months, 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.
Filed Under: Disability
September 26, 2016
By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson
This article is the 12th 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 next two to three months, 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.
Filed Under: Disability, Legal Protections
September 26, 2016
By 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.
Filed Under: Disability Discrimination, Employment Discrimination
September 26, 2016
By Jim Cline
The recently released August CPI-W report shows the Seattle index continuing at the same level last report in the bi-monthly June report: 2.0%. As it has for some time, the All-Cities-W, as it has recently, continued to lag behind at 0.7%. This chart shows the two indices over the past 12 months.
September 15, 2016
By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson
This article is the 11th 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 next two to three months, 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.
Filed Under: Discipline, Legal Protections
September 14, 2016
By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson
This article is the 10th 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 next two to three months, 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.
Filed Under: Disability, Legal Protections
September 12, 2016
By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson
This article is the 9th 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 next two to three months, 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.
Filed Under: Disability, Legal Protections
September 12, 2016
By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson
This article is the 8th 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 next two to three months, 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.
Filed Under: Disability, Legal Protections
September 9, 2016
By Jim Cline and Erica Shelley Nelson
This article is the 8th 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 next two to three months, 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.
Filed Under: Disability, Legal Protections
September 9, 2016
By Christopher Casillas and Sarah Derry
In Central Washington University, PERC Examiner Kristi Aravena dismissed the Washington Federation of State Employees’ Unfair Labor Practice complaint, holding that although the University had indeed contracted out bargaining unit work, the Union had failed to formally request bargaining.
