STEPHEN EMBRY President, Workplace Injury Litigation Group Washington, Sept. 3, 2002.
The manager of the Agriprocessors distribution center refused to comment about workplace conditions or the litigation.
"The board has long held, with uniform judicial approval, that the N.L.R.A. protects employees' ability to join together to pursue workplace grievances, including through litigation," the ruling said.
The labor board has already correctly asserted that the law governing consumers is not the same one that governs employees, and that labor law clearly gives employees the right to jointly pursue workplace grievances, including through litigation.
It may also reflect that the psychosocial aftermath of occupational injury is more complex than non-occupational injury, and is probably related to the longer duration of treatment, lost earnings, and distress involved in litigation for workplace injury.
But while E.E.O.C. officials acknowledge that waivers are a common way of warding off litigation in the workplace, they say waivers rarely require employees to give up their rights to sue a company merely to hold onto their jobs, a violation of federal law.
Litigation related to workplace discrimination also costs employers a signifcant sum.
Even advocates of a sexist-free workplace tend to favor persuasion over litigation.
In both designs, the randomization scheme will be stratified by surgeon and compensation status (Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), litigation or disability).
In this category, relevant barriers include: university-affiliated hospitals, lack of midwifery authority in the birthing centers, malpractice litigation, physicians' training, and workplace demands.
