Rindel FMLA Case Highlights Narrow Scope Dispute
The court clarifies FMLA coverage amid Gemini’s challenge to defining a serious health condition. The dispute centers on whether Rin dels illness qualified for leave and how labor rules influence eligibility and potential abuse, with employee advocates citing protections and employers warning of broadened misuse.
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Staib pleads guilty amid financial dispute and health notes
Staib told the court his parents disinherited him after indictment and he could not recall loan details. He sought funds to aid American Matrix Technologies, with a stock option offer of 1 million shares at $1 and later purchase rights. A psychiatric evaluation found him competent. Sentencing set for June 12. civil actions include Guaranty Bank petitioning bankruptcy and a May 22 trial, plus a separate $8.4 million loan default fight with National Bank of Commerce.
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Thomas Hanson
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Ear severing attack prompts reward in Iowa city
Shaffer recalls hearing a pop and feeling pain as his ear was torn off during a nightclub assault. Bouncers cleared the floor while medics and police pursued the attacker, who fled from Marion area suspects with a wife present. The ear was reattached after two hours of surgery at Mercy Medical Center.
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Gemini
Shaffer
Mercy Medical Center
US Airways and union extend talks past strike deadline
US Airways and the Association of Flight Attendants continued bargaining past the midnight strike deadline into Saturday morning. About 10,000 attendants seek higher pay and retirement benefits while talks focus on a new pay and benefits formula to align with rivals.
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Flight Attendants
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National Mediation Board
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Reagan National
Michele Viar
Viar
David Castelveter
Afl-Cio
John Sweeney
Labor Federation
Clinton
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