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• Injuries while traveling to and from training seminars: The "special errand" rule
• The prohibited act defense: No liability for injuries occurring as a result of specifically prohibited behavior
• Verizon disability discrimination settlement: Good reminder to conduct individualized ADA assessments

• Why does workers' compensation pay for treatment when the employee has a pre-existing condition?
• Injury when driving employer-provided vehicle home may be compensable
• When is a four-year college degree a reasonable retraining option?

• New ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) regulations effective May 24, 2011

• Post-injury income must be gainful to support temporary partial disability
• Obesity discrimination—the new EEOC frontier?
• Test your workers' compensation knowledge and opportunities to learn more

• What is a suitable post-injury job offer?
• Proving employee misconduct as bar to workers' compensation benefits
• Rebutting the age 67 retirement presumption

• Basketball injury on unpaid lunch break not compensable
• What is permanent partial disability?
• Extended leave of absence may be reasonable accommodation under the ADA

• 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