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Our Blog: Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA

  • Jul 26 2018
  • Kristin Case
  • Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Disability Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE ADA

Kristin Case July 26, 2018 Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Disability Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate 0

The ADA turns 28 today.  

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law 28 years ago today by President George H.W. Bush.  (Remember when we used to have presidents who believed people with disabilities were worthy of respect and protection rather than ridicule?)

Since 1990 the Act has provided people with disabilities protections from discrimination at work and access …

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  • Nov 17 2015
  • Kristin Case
  • Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Employee Benefits, Executive Counseling, Practical Tips, Uncategorized
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Illness in the Workplace Part II: Avoiding Financial Disaster

Kristin Case November 17, 2015 Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Employee Benefits, Executive Counseling, Practical Tips, Uncategorized 0

In my last post I talked about getting the time off work you need for treatment and to care for yourself when faced with a serious illness. Now let’s look at maintaining your income while seeking treatment and/or recovering.

First, this article addresses conditions that are unrelated to work. If your injury or illness resulted at work …

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  • Oct 26 2015
  • Kristin Case
  • Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Disability Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate, Employee Benefits, Family Medical Leave Act Discrimination, Uncategorized
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Illness in the Workplace: Part I

Kristin Case October 26, 2015 Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Disability Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate, Employee Benefits, Family Medical Leave Act Discrimination, Uncategorized 0

How to care for yourself without derailing your career

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month the following is the first part of a three-part series regarding coping with a serious health condition, like cancer, in the workplace.

This first part deals with the immediate:  getting time off work for treatment without losing your job.

Oftentimes illnesses …

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  • Apr 13 2015
  • Kendra Kutko
  • Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA
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Part Time Workers and ObamaCare

Kendra Kutko April 13, 2015 Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA 0

Are part time workers’ hours being cut because of ObamaCare?

It has now been five years since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), more commonly known as ObamaCare.  The White House celebrated this legislative anniversary by emphasizing how this massive health care reform has propelled major increases in insurance coverage for millions of Americans.  On its Twitter feed, the …

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  • Feb 17 2014
  • Kendra Kutko
  • Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Employment Law
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Great Decision Interpreting FMLA’s “Caring for a Parent” Language

Kendra Kutko February 17, 2014 Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Employment Law 0

7th Circuit Interprets “Caring for a Parent” to Include Last Wish Trip to Las Vegas

The Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) affords eligible employees the right to take twelve work weeks of leave “[i]n order to care for the spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent, of the employee, if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent has a serious health …

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  • Jul 1 2013
  • Kendra Kutko
  • Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Employment Law
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Supreme Court Blocks Emergency Mandate

Defense of Marriage Act and the FMLA

Kendra Kutko July 1, 2013 Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Employment Law 0

Supreme Court Strikes Down Defense of Marriage Act:Implications for Gay Spouses under the Family Medical Leave Act

Last Wednesday, June 26, 2013, in the landmark 5-4 decision of United States v. Windsor, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) as unconstitutional.  Signed into law in September 1996, DOMA defined marriage as …

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  • Mar 3 2011
  • Kate Sedey
  • Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Employee Benefits, Legislative Advocacy, Sick Leave
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SB Healthy Workplace Act – Senator Sandoval

Kate Sedey March 3, 2011 Blog, Disability Benefits, FMLA and ERISA, Employee Benefits, Legislative Advocacy, Sick Leave 0

Vote Yes for SB 128 – Healthy Workplace Act – Senator Sandoval

This bill would provide for paid sick leave for Illinois workers.

Requires an employer to provide an employee up to 7 sick days with pay during each 12-month period. Provides that an employee may use the sick days care for physical or mental illness, injury, medical condition, professional medical diagnosis or care, …

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