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Firm doesn’t have to tell you coverage over after FMLA lapses.

Q. My 21-year-old nephew broke his leg in a weekend car crash that left him unable to work. We notified his construction company the following Monday, and a few weeks later we received a letter saying he had up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family & Medical Leave Act. The letter said the 12 weeks started when he first missed work, and that his health insurance would be maintained throughout his FMLA leave. That's the last we heard from his employer. We recently received a letter from his health insurance company addressed to "Dear Former Participant."... More :

Broad-Based Coalition Urges Bush Administration to Reconsider Proposals to Water Down Family and Medical Leave

WASHINGTON, April 3 (AScribe Newswire) - leadership of the National Partnership for Women & Families, a coalition of more than 100 organizations, tens of millions of workers insisted that the Bush administration, the Department of Labor (DOL) shall not be used for management procedures protective measures at the workplace to reduce the millions of workers and their families who are entitled to protection mechanisms of Confederation and 1993 families Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The deadline for comments on proposed changes to the FMLA, April 11. The coalition is mobilizing for comments opposing DOL obtains these proposed legislative changes, the FMLA

Cutting Divorce Costs

I read with approval Emily Jane Goodman's article (''With New Law, Divorce Fees Soar,'' Jan. 13) on soaring divorce fees. You serve the public well when you inform them accurately about the effects of the New York equitable distribution statute on legal fees. There is a cost factor which was not specifically addressed, however, that is the level of the war between the parties (extremely antagonistic litigants cause frightfully high fees). Often a recalcitrant spouse who resists divorce can cost the other spouse extra months before resolution. In candor (and at the risk of losing clients), I urge divorcing

Chicago Tribune Career Queries Column.

Dec. 15--QUESTION: My company is going backwards: We used to have job sharing, part-time work and flexible hours, but suddenly management is saying we must work 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and that's it. Some of the people I work with now are in a bind. I'm so upset about what's happening I couldn't sleep a wink last night. Today, most companies work to accommodate good employees, but not mine. I've suggested so many alternatives but get no response. What can I do or say? ANSWER: You are a kind, caring... Source : accessmylibrary.com

Graduate assistants turn to unionization for better pay, benefits.

NEW YORK _ The way Jason Patch sees it, the $12,000 he gets as a teaching assistant at New York University for grading papers, preparing lectures, and keeping office hours works out to about $44 a day. That, he grumbles, is a pittance compared to what a junior faculty member gets for the same amount of work. To get more money, Patch, a doctoral candidate in urban sociology, and his fellow graduate students are hoping to do something a lot of student teaching assistants nationwide have done: unionize. Faced with low pay, long hours and high living expenses, students are