"Up North" archive

A monthly email offering legal updates from SFM's Duluth-based attorneys

Recent editions featured:

• October 2008
  Reminder: New Minnesota benefit changes effective Oct. 1, 2008
  Independent contractor exemption certificates
  "Direct threat" under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  
  
• September 2008
  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
  
  
• August 2008
  Discussing disabilities with job applicants
  Communicating with the Qualified Rehabilitation Consultant (QRC)
  Notice of injury requirements under the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Act
  
  
• July 2008
  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
  
  
• June 2008
  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
  
  
• May 2008
  Preventing needless work disability, Part II
  Minnesota workers' compensation bill signed to law
  When is a First Report of Injury required?
  
  
• April 2008
  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
  
  
• March 2008
  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
  
  
• February 2008
  Preventing needless work disability
  U.S. DOL proposes new regulations for FMLA
  Employee eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services
  
  
• January 2008
  Expansion of FMLA likely
  "Arising out of" and "in the course of" employment
  Is housekeeping a nursing service?
  
  
• December 2007
  Social Security offset basics
  Injuries from voluntary recreational activities
  When can an employer drug test an employee after an injury?
  
  
• November 2007
  Health insurance continuation for disabled employees
  Witness guide--tips for testifying at hearing
  What is maximum medical improvement?
  
  
• October 2007
  Injury prevention tips for supervisors
  Undoing liability after benefits paid by mistake
  2008 WCRA rates approved