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Discrimination Cases Of The 2002 Term, Eileen Kaufman Dec 2014

Discrimination Cases Of The 2002 Term, Eileen Kaufman

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Workers' Compensation, H. Michael Bagley, J. Benson Ward Dec 2014

Workers' Compensation, H. Michael Bagley, J. Benson Ward

Mercer Law Review

While there was no legislation impacting the Workers' Compensation Act during the 2013-2014 survey period, the period featured notable decisions of the appellate courts involving core issues of the Act, including notice, average weekly wage, return to work, and change in condition.


Appellate Division, Third Department, Novara Ex Rel. Jones V. Cantor Fitzgerald, Lp, Kerri Grzymala Nov 2014

Appellate Division, Third Department, Novara Ex Rel. Jones V. Cantor Fitzgerald, Lp, Kerri Grzymala

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Yamaha V. Calhoun: The Supreme Court Allows State Remedies In Certain Wrongful Death Cases In Admiralty, Nicolas R. Foster Oct 2014

Yamaha V. Calhoun: The Supreme Court Allows State Remedies In Certain Wrongful Death Cases In Admiralty, Nicolas R. Foster

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Georgia's Workers' Compensation Law: Are Limitations On Death Benefits To Foreign, Nonresident Dependents Constitutional? Barge-Wagener Constr. Co. V. Morales, Peter J. Diskin Oct 2014

Georgia's Workers' Compensation Law: Are Limitations On Death Benefits To Foreign, Nonresident Dependents Constitutional? Barge-Wagener Constr. Co. V. Morales, Peter J. Diskin

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Toward A Federal Constitutional Right To Employment, R. George Wright Oct 2014

Toward A Federal Constitutional Right To Employment, R. George Wright

Seattle University Law Review

This Article outlines an argument for a federal constitutional right to employment. The Article begins by examining the harms and costs of involuntary long-term unemployment. It then discusses the historical contributions to our understanding of the value of work, before drawing on several well-established jurisprudential distinctions to explain why, and to justify initial optimism regarding a constitutional employment right.


Benefit Adequacy In State And Provincial Workers' Compensation Programs, H. Allan Hunt, Marcus O. Dillender Oct 2014

Benefit Adequacy In State And Provincial Workers' Compensation Programs, H. Allan Hunt, Marcus O. Dillender

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.


Subminimum Or Subpar? A Note In Favor Of Repealing The Fair Labor Standards Act's Subminimum Wage Program, Melia Preedy Sep 2014

Subminimum Or Subpar? A Note In Favor Of Repealing The Fair Labor Standards Act's Subminimum Wage Program, Melia Preedy

Seattle University Law Review

This Note argues for the repeal of Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which continues to perpetuate a system allowing employers to pay less than minimum, or “subminimum,” wage to certain employees with disabilities. The Section 14(c) program is a relic of policy leftover from the 1930s and does not help the disabled community, but rather rests on the presumption that persons with disabilities never progress. In light of recent House Resolution 3086, Congress went against the current trend of encouraging maximum independence and equal opportunities for persons with disabilities and instead upheld the subminimum wage program; …


Civil Rights And Related Decisions, Eileen Kaufman May 2014

Civil Rights And Related Decisions, Eileen Kaufman

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ledbetter V. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Derrick A. Bell Jr. May 2014

Ledbetter V. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Derrick A. Bell Jr.

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Chapter 653: Tackling Players’ End-Around The Laws Of Their Home States: Restricting Professional Athlete Access To California’S Workers’ Compensation System, Robert Binning Jan 2014

Chapter 653: Tackling Players’ End-Around The Laws Of Their Home States: Restricting Professional Athlete Access To California’S Workers’ Compensation System, Robert Binning

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


Comments: Fourth And Long: How The Well-Established System Of Workers' Compensation Poses A Substantial Threat To The Financial Stability Of The Nfl, Thomas J. Mcqueeney Jan 2014

Comments: Fourth And Long: How The Well-Established System Of Workers' Compensation Poses A Substantial Threat To The Financial Stability Of The Nfl, Thomas J. Mcqueeney

University of Baltimore Law Review

No abstract provided.