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• When can an employee receive retraining as a benefit?
• Employee may qualify for FMLA even if the 12 months of employment are non-consecutive
• Use caution in making deductions from employees' paychecks

• FMLA leave and the flu
• New ADA regulations pending
• Recent settlement a good reminder to employers to examine "bright line" leave policies

• Workers' compensation benefits and motor vehicle accidents
• Come learn about return to work strategies and more
• Policies requiring disclosure of medication usage may violate the ADA
• Are volunteers covered by workers' compensation insurance?

• New Medicare reporting requirements for self-insured employers
• When is a psychological condition a compensable injury?
• Requirement of "no restrictions" before return to work is formula for discrimination

• When is an employee entitled to a QRC and vocational rehabilitation services?
• Time to start thinking about Drug-Free Work Week
• Employer policies affecting workers with caregiving responsibilities

• Personal comfort doctrine and the home office
• Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Basic Adjuster's Training Guide
• Penalties for late filing of First Report of Injury form

• New FMLA regulations take effect today!
• Idiopathic injuries

• Northern Minnesota seminar on the recent changes to the ADA and FMLA
• New FMLA regulations effective Jan. 16, 2009
• ADA Amendment Act of 2008 regulations delayed
• What is a gillette injury?

• Reminder: New Minnesota benefit changes effective Oct. 1, 2008
• Independent contractor exemption certificates
• 'Direct threat' under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

• The ADA Amendments Act of 2008
• Maintaining employment benefits other than health insurance on work comp
• Importance of communication with the employee after an injury

• Discussing disabilities with job applicants
• Communicating with the Qualified Rehabilitation Consultant (QRC)
• Notice of injury requirements under the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Act

• Using criminal background information in employment decisions
• What is a "consequential injury" under Minnesota workers' compensation law?
• Importance of timely and thorough investigation: Recent case illustration

• Preventing needless work disability: Invest in system and infrastructure improvements
• FMLA leave may run concurrently with workers' compensation leave
• Concept of substantial contributing cause and compensable injuries

• Preventing needless work disability, Part II
• Minnesota workers' compensation bill signed to law
• When is a First Report of Injury required?

• Preventing needless work disability, Part I
• Paying wages after employee quits or resigns
• New Minnesota patient handling requirements reminder
• Time limits for filing claims for workers' compensation

• Preventing needless work disability: Behavioral complications
• When is a civil battery claim barred by the exclusivity of the Work Comp Act?
• Veterans with service-connected disabilities and the ADA

• Preventing needless work disability
• U.S. DOL proposes new regulatiions for FMLA
• Employee eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services

• Expansion of FMLA likely
• 'Arising out of' and 'in the course of' employment
• Is housekeeping a nursing service?