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		<title>7th Circuit: FMLA Does NOT Dictate Wage Rate While on Light Duty under Workers&#8217; Comp</title>
		<link>http://dmeclegal.wordpress.com/2007/08/07/7th-circuit-fmla-does-not-dictate-wage-rate-while-on-light-duty-under-workers-comp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johngarner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Compass Group]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 6, 2007, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) does not dictate the wage rate for an employee while on light duty under a workers’ compensation plan. Hendricks v. Compass Group, USA, Inc., No. 06-3637 (7th Cir., August 6, 2007).
Compass Group employed Susan Hendricks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dmeclegal.wordpress.com&blog=2946345&post=15&subd=dmeclegal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Becomes 7th State to Grant Domestic Violence Leave</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johngarner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Effective July 1, 2007, Florida became the 7th state to require employers to provide time off to employees who are victims of domestic violence. The other states are: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas and Maine.
Florida’s law permits employees to take up to three days leave from work in any 12-month period for a variety of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dmeclegal.wordpress.com&blog=2946345&post=17&subd=dmeclegal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hartford Settles with California Department of Insurance</title>
		<link>http://dmeclegal.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/hartford-settles-with-california-department-of-insurance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johngarner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[discretionary clauses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Retirement Income Security Act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Effective July 1, 2007, Hartford Life and the California Dept. of Insurance entered into a settlement regarding discretionary clauses. Under the terms of the settlement, Hartford Life agrees to stop using discretionary clauses in its long-term disability policies issued in California and substitute language specified in the agreement that describes how Hartford will determine eligibility [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dmeclegal.wordpress.com&blog=2946345&post=16&subd=dmeclegal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>South Carolina Enacts Workers&#8217; Compensation Reforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johngarner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Second Injury Fund]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 25, 2007, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford signed workers’ compensation reform legislation into law. The new law:

Terminates the Second Injury Fund;
Allows insurers and employers to challenge a presumption of total and permanent disability when a worker suffers a 50% or more disability to his or her back;
Permits claim adjusters to speak to claimants’ [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dmeclegal.wordpress.com&blog=2946345&post=12&subd=dmeclegal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5th Circuit Upholds Termination Based on Insufficient FMLA Notice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johngarner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[notice of need for leave]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 10, 2007, in the case of Sandra Greenwell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court ruling that termination of employment based on excessive absences was permitted because the alleged notice of the need for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dmeclegal.wordpress.com&blog=2946345&post=11&subd=dmeclegal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit Rules on Definition of Hours of Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johngarner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[FMLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hours of service]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On May 2, 2007, in the case of Carla Mutchler v. Dunlap Memorial Hospital, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court ruling that the hours for purposes of the hours of service requirement under FMLA is determined based on the actual hours worked.
Dunlap Memorial Hospital offered registered nurses a “Weekender Program” under [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dmeclegal.wordpress.com&blog=2946345&post=10&subd=dmeclegal&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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