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19 Jul 2010, 9:43 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Recent Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division Wage and Hour Division (WHD) guidance reveals the WHD adopts a very broad view of the circumstances under which a when a child with no legal or biological relationship to an employee can qualify as a “son or daughter” for purposes of determining rights of the employee under the FMLA based on the birth , adoption, placement for adoption or need to care for the  child during a serious illness… [read post]
20 May 2010, 4:10 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  Publishers of her many highly regarded writings on health industry and human resources matters include the Bureau of National Affairs, Aspen Publishers, ABA, AHLA, Aspen Publishers, Schneider Publications, Spencer Publications, World At Work, SHRM, HCCA, State Bar of Texas, Business Insurance, James Publishing and many others. [read post]
10 May 2010, 6:57 pm by Rebecca Shafer, J.D.
When it comes to workers' compensation, Texas is unique in several ways. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 10:44 am by admin
The penalty also came with a warning: If Brodsky doesn’t clean up his act, the state Department of Environmental Conservation promised to fine him another $75,000. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 7:14 pm by Robert Elliott, J.D.
District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. [read post]
14 Mar 2010, 10:47 pm by admin
[ID:nN08187710] In October, OSHA slapped BP with a record $87.4 million fine for safety violations found after a deadly March 2005 explosion at the Texas City refinery, which killed 15 workers and injured 180 other people. [read post]
23 Dec 2009, 4:42 pm by admin
— United States Department of Agriculture News Release, December 12, 2009 Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke at “Agriculture and Rural Development Day,” a day-long event at the University of Copenhagen with more than 300 policy makers, negotiators, rural development practitioners, producers, civil society and leaders from the agricultural and climate change scientific community. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 10:57 am by smtaber
— United States Department of Agriculture News Release, December 12, 2009 Secretary Tom Vilsack spoke at “Agriculture and Rural Development Day,” a day-long event at the University of Copenhagen with more than 300 policy makers, negotiators, rural development practitioners, producers, civil society and leaders from the agricultural and climate change scientific community. [read post]
13 Dec 2009, 8:58 pm by smtaber
— Ross Douthat, The New York Times, December 9, 2009 In his column today, my colleague Thomas Friedman argues eloquently for a Dick Cheney-esque, “one percent doctrine” approach to climate change, which would treat caps on greenhouse emissions as a rational way to “buy insurance” against a potentially catastrophic outcome. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 3:55 pm
Complicating this matter is the fact that Texas is the only state in the U.S. that makes workers’ compensation insurance coverage optional for any employer. [read post]
31 Jul 2008, 11:09 am
From the Web site of the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services:The Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, or DARS, administers programs that ensure Texas is a state where people with disabilities, and children who have developmental delays, enjoy the same opportunities as other Texans to live independent and productive lives. [read post]
8 Dec 2007, 10:02 am by Litwak
Free on-line permits for state property locations (parks, beaches, roads, prisons, etc.); no location fees for state properties; and, coordination with a network of 50 in-state film commissions providing localized support services for filmmakers. [read post]