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EEOC not entitled to medical information from Nestlé in genetic discrimination case
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- USA
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- May 25 2012
A federal court in Kentucky has determined that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is not entitled to information about the medical examinations of Nestlé Prepared Foods employees in relation to a claim by one former employee that he was fired due to “genetic information” discrimination
OSHA to revise employer reporting requirements for fatalities, injuries, amputations
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- USA
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- July 1 2011
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would revise recordkeeping and reporting requirements for work-related injuries and illnesses
Discredited resveratrol researcher sues UConn for wrongful termination
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- USA
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- March 8 2013
A scientist who was accused of falsifying data in research on the purported health benefits of red wine has reportedly sued the University of
Study claims to link heavy diesel-exhaust exposure to lung cancer
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- USA
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- March 16 2012
A recent National Cancer Institute (NCI) study concludes that heavy exposure to diesel exhaust increases the risk of death from lung cancer
Hearings begin on fraud allegations in litigation over pesticides used on Nicaraguan banana plantations
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- USA
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- May 14 2010
A California trial court has reportedly begun hearing evidence to determine if a 2007 $2.3 million jury award to Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who claimed they were sterilized by exposure to pesticides was based on fraud
Study links occupational BPA exposure to lower semen quality
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- USA
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- October 29 2010
A recent study funded by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has reportedly linked workplace bisphenol A (BPA) exposure to "1 decreased sperm concentration, 2 decreased total sperm count, 3 decreased sperm vitality, and 4 decreased sperm motility
Workers’ compensation awarded in obese woman’s death
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- USA
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- July 1 2011
According to a news source, a New Jersey appeals court has determined that the husband of an obese woman who died of a blood clot after working long hours in her home office may recover workers’ compensation benefits
Workers’ comp deductibles at issue in pork employees’ neurological disease
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- USA
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- April 29 2011
A Minnesota appeals court has reportedly decided a dispute over workers' compensation deductibles in favor of a pork processing company's insurance carrier in litigation arising from injuries to employees exposed to the mist from pig brain tissue
NIOSH seeks comments on criteria for setting occupational diacetyl exposure limit
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- USA
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- July 29 2011
The National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) will hold a public meeting August 26, 2011, to solicit public input on a draft document titled “Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione.”
Court recognizes severe obesity as disability under ADA
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- USA
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- December 16 2011
Denying an employer’s motions for summary judgment in an employment discrimination suit, a federal court in Louisiana has determined that severe obesity, regardless of its basis, qualifies as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act
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- Firm Name - Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
- Jurisdiction - USA