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New Report on Work-Family Conflict

January 29th, 2010
On the heels of Mike’s talk to the North Carolina Legislature’s Joint Study Committee on Work and Family Balance, the Center for American Progress has published an excellent new report, “The Three Faces of Work-Family Conflict.” T… Read More
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Categories: General News
Tags: Childcare, Family Responsibility Discrimination, FMLA, Labor and Employment, Paid Leave, Work and Family Balance

Hank Patterson Recognized as One of the Workers' Compensation Notable People for 2009

January 27th, 2010
Hank Patterson has been recognized by the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation Law Center as one of its Workers’ Compensation Notable People for 2009: “These exceptional people have worked tirelessly on behalf of their clients and have made… Read More
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Hank Patterson, Recognition, Workers' Compensation

Recent NC COA Workers' Compensation Decisions

January 25th, 2010
The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently issued several workers’ compensation opinions, though they were all unpublished and did not break any new ground. In Pope v. Johns Manville, the Court upheld the Industrial Commission’s decisio… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Asbestosis, Attendant Care, Case Commentary, Change of Condition, Industrial Commission, Life Care Plan, NC Court of Appeals, Workers' Compensation

Mike Okun Speaks to NC Legislative Committee on Work and Family Balance

January 21st, 2010
Yesterday, Michael Okun spoke in front of the North Carolina Legislature’s Joint Study Committee on Work and Family Balance. Mike presented an overview of employment law, the specific laws that assist employees in caring for family members and… Read More
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Categories: Legislative Action
Tags: Discrimination, FMLA, Labor and Employment, Michael Okun, NC Legislature, Paid Leave, Work and Family Balance

Recent Fourth Circuit Labor and Employment Decisions

January 17th, 2010
The Fourth Circuit has published opinions in three labor and employment cases in recent weeks. The first case, Sepulveda v. Allen Family Foods, Inc., concerned a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action that was brought on behalf of a class… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Case Commentary, Collective Action, Concerted Activity, FLSA, Fourth Circuit, Labor and Employment, NLRB, Retaliation, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Union, Wage and Hour

Okun and Harkavy Recognized as Among Legal Elite in Employment Law

January 15th, 2010
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Categories: News of the Firm
Tags: Jonathan Harkavy, Legal Elite, Michael Okun, Recognition

NPR Reports on Workers' Compensation for Military Contractors

January 13th, 2010
The NPR program Fresh Air broadcast a story on January 11 titled “Wounded in Wars, Civilian Face Care Battle At Home.” It is based on the reporting on T. Christian Miller and his series of articles, “Disposable Army.” The stor… Read More
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Categories: General News
Tags: Contractors, Defense Base Act, Military, NPR, Workers' Compensation

Patterson Harkavy Wins Workers Compensation Case in Court of Appeals

January 11th, 2010
In Hojnacki v. Last Rebel Trucking, the Court of Appeals reversed the Industrial Commission, and ruled that one of the defendant-companies, Last Rebel Trucking, was also one of the plaintiff’s employers under the Workers’ Compensation Act… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions, Results
Tags: Appeals, Employment Relationship, Industrial Commission, Leto Copeley, Narendra Ghosh, NC Court of Appeals, Results, Trucking Accidents, Workers' Compensation

Latest Court of Appeals Opinion on Workers' Compensation

January 3rd, 2010
Just a few days before Christmas, the Court of Appeals published another set of decisions. Barrett v. All Payment Services is workers’ comp case that deals with an injured stuntman. The plaintiff worked as a professional stuntman, and in 1993 h… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: Average Weekly Wage, Case Commentary, Disability, NC Court of Appeals, Workers' Compensation

President Signs Bill Extending COBRA and Unemployment Benefits

December 29th, 2009
On December 21, 2009, President Obama signed a Defense Appropriations Bill, which also included two-month extensions for unemployment benefits and the 65% COBRA subsidy that was in the stimulus package. Specifically, the act extended the COBRA premiu… Read More
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Categories: Legislative Action
Tags: COBRA, Labor and Employment, President Obama, Unemployment Benefits
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