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Light Duty
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NY Disability Law Blog
What Happens to Your Workers’ Compensation Benefits When Your Employer Offers Light Duty?
Getting offered light duty while on workers’ comp leave might not seem like the best idea if you’re still in recovery. Many workers believe they’ll lose their benefits if they…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
When Light Duty Work Is Causing You Pain
By Mike Helfand
Illinois workers compensation law and having pain while trying to work within restrictions. Free advice from a top Chicago work injury attorney.
Women's Rights NY
What I’ve Been Saying for Thirty Years
Last week I told you about the phone call I’ve had hundreds of times. Pregnant woman. Employer who thought the FMLA was their only obligation. An argument that took twenty…
NY Disability Law Blog
Can a Municipality Deny Your Claim if You’re Injured During “Light Duty”?
If you’ve returned to work after a job-related accident, your employer has probably given you “light duty” for the time being. However, there’s always a risk of reinjury if you…
Workers Compensation Watch
Bah-humbug to forced volunteer work
By Jon Rehm
Employers are taking advantage of a gap in Nebraska case law to coerce injury employees into coercive light duty assignments As temperatures and wind-chills plummeted, the familiar sounds of holiday…
Vedder Works
Walmart’s Policy to Exclude Pregnant Employees from Temporary Light Duty Assignments Was Not Discriminatory
On August 12, 2022, the Seventh Circuit held Wal-Mart Stores East LP did not discriminate against pregnant employees by failing to offer them light duty under its Temporary Alternate Duty…
Employment Lawscene Blog
Employment LawScene Alert: Seventh Circuit Holds That Employer Did Not Discriminate Against Pregnant Employees by Reserving Light Duty Positions Only for Employees Injured On The Job
On August 16, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision in EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P. (found here), holding that Wal-Mart did not…
Workers Compensation - Washington
Light Duty Work in L&I Claims and Workers’ Compensation Claims
By Tara Reck
After a work injury or occupational disease, people with an L&I claim or workers’ compensation claim might have medical conditions that impact their ability to return to work. We refer…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
The ADA, Occupational Injuries and Light Duty
It is not uncommon for employees who are on leave and receiving workers’ compensation benefits to be released to return to work with light duty restrictions. To account for these…
Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Blog
An Injured Worker Being Released to Light Duty
By Glenn Neiman
Okay, so you get injured at work. You get treatment with a doctor, maybe have a course of physical therapy, then you start to feel a little better. You are…