Health and medical issues in arbitration, employee benefit plans, and the doctor’s office
January 1, 1978
The article addresses discharge or reassignment for physical or mental inability to perform the work (including being overweight and underweight); temporary and permanent disability distinguished; and the failure of the employee to disclose a physical defect in the job application. (The article is pre-ADA.) Sick leave use, abuse, overpayment and related issues are discussed, as is absence due to claimed illness, alcoholism, allergies, workplace safety, aging, and other issues of impaired abilities.