Links Relating to Computer injuries and employee rights

This page contains links to web sites and pages having to do with my case, employee rights, my injuries, and some other people who have had their rights abused.

• RSI and Computer Injury related links
• Employee Rights
• Related law and agency pages
• Mattel's links of shame.
• Recommended Reading

RSI and Computer Injury related links

• The UK RSI Page.
• Computer Related Repetitive Strain Injury
• Typing Injury FAQ Home Page
• RSI Network
• OSHA's Ergonomics Page. 
• American Pain Society
• This site prompted the creation of the Chronic Pain Foundation site. 
• International Association for the Study of Pain

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Employee Rights

• Campaign Against Workplace Bullying. For people whose health, family & careers have been injured by workplace bullying.
• National Employee Rights Institute
• Prairie Law - This is a good place for legal questions.
• Against the Navy. Pauline Hovarth's case against the Navy.
• An anti-POSCO mirror. This site gives a good example of what can happen when a large company uses the courts to quiet criticism. POSCO used the copyright laws in Korea to shut down the original site, that complained about anti-union, anti-employee activity.
• Workers Compensation Insurance Information - A site with useful links to workers compensation insurance information for each state.
• Shelly Anne's  horror of  workers compensation After starting this site, I have heard from many people with similar stories. Getting injured on the job is not a way to live off the system, or to get rich. At most, you receive 60% of your pay and barely adequate medical treatment.

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Related law pages

• Family and Medical Leave Act(FMLA) - This is a good site for an introduction to the FMLA.
• FMLA Regulations - The regulations of the FMLA as promulgated by the Department of Labor.
• FMLA Statute - The actual statute as signed into law by the president.
• Proposed OSHA Standards for ergonomics.
• The EEOC - U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They can also be reached at 1-800-669-4000. They enforce the ADA (Americans with Disability Act), ADEA (Age Discrimination in Employment Act), and Title VII (race, color, religion, sex, or national origin).
• EEOC retaliation guideline document (in PDF format). The EEOC can be reached at 1-800-669-4000.
• The EEOC - U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They can also be reached at 1-800-669-4000.
• The MCAD - Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. They can be reached at (617) 727-3990. The MCAD enforced the Massachusetts anti discrimination laws, chapters 151B and 172. There regulations are available here.

Recommended books.

Repetitive Strain Injury by Emil Pascarelli, Deborah Quilter. This has been recognized as one of the leading books on computer related RSIs.

The Whartons' Stretch Book. My neuromuscular therapist originally recommend this book.  I found several stretches in the book to help.

  Take Charge of Your Workers Compensation Claim, by Attorney Christopher Ball. It has been reported that that many California judges and  workers compensation adjusters keep a copy of this book on their desks.

 Note: This book is for California claims as workers compensation laws are very state specific.

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