Archive for November, 2014
Geaney’s 2015 Workers’ Comp Manual Highlights
The 2015 Manual is a compilation of prior editions with particular emphasis on cases decided in 2013-2014 as well as the addition of important chapters for practitioners of workers’ compensation. Several Supreme Court decisions and numerous appellate division decisions are analyzed in this edition. Some of the 2015 Edition highlights are as follows: New chapter […]
Third Circuit Court Holds Employer May Have Violated Law against Discrimination in Firing Long-Time Employee
Segundo Rojas worked 28 years for Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. In June 2011, Rojas was approved to leave work for a vacation to Ecuador set to last from June 27 to July 12, 2011. However, he became ill in Ecuador from diverticulitis and did not return until September 12, 2011. Rojas claimed that he was […]
Third Circuit Finds Employer May Have Interfered with FMLA Rights by Not Allowing Employee with Doctor’s Clearance to Return to Work
The case of Budhun v. Reading Hospital and Medical Center, 765 F.3d 245 (3d Cir. 2014) shows how complex return-to-work issues can be under FMLA. The plaintiff in that case, Vanessa Budhun, worked as a credential assistant for Reading Hospital. About sixty five percent of her job required typing. Budhun took about four weeks of […]
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