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1993

Workers' compensation

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Workers' Compensation And Sexual Harassment In The Workplace: A Remedy For Employees, Or A Shield For Employers?, Ruth C. Vance Jan 1993

Workers' Compensation And Sexual Harassment In The Workplace: A Remedy For Employees, Or A Shield For Employers?, Ruth C. Vance

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Defining "Disability": The Approach To Follow, Theodore J. St. Antoine Jan 1993

Defining "Disability": The Approach To Follow, Theodore J. St. Antoine

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The definition of "disability" has once again become a central issue in workers' compensation law. I am partly responsible. A decade ago I served as the Governor's Special Counselor on Workers' Compensation. In my Reportto the Cabinet Council on Jobs and Economic Development, I stated: "If I could write on a clean slate, I would prefer to see the Michigan definition brought even closer into the mainstream of American law by declaring that 'disability' means a 'limitation of an employee's wage earning capacity in work suitable to his or her qualifications and training resulting from a personal injury or work …