Our Canadian employers may be interested that on November 3, 2014, Doug MacLeod of The MacLeod Law Firm in Toronto will be co-hosting a seminar on managing disabled employees.
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Seems that they are coming faster now – EEOC suits under the ADA against health care facilities, that is.
The EEOC just sued a senior living community in Colorado for
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We just posted the other day that all emplloyers should know as much as possible about diabetes and its effect on the workplace under the Americans With Disabilities Act (the
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This is a quote from an EEOC attorney who just commenced an ADA suit against — you guessed it — an Albuquerque home respiratory services and medical equipment company.
The Wall Street Journal reported today that “Disability Studies” is a hot subject on campus, with one college offering eight classes which include “disability and employment policies, disability law and
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Our post two days ago “Urine — or Ur-Out!” gave one reader with knowledge of the ins and outs of drug testing an opportunity to enlighten us –
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As if we didn’t know, this is the EEOC’s mantra these days, most recently stated in a press release announcing a new ADA lawsuit by a used car manager against
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A “former shy bladder sufferer of over 40 years” wrote in to us to address the question as to what “major life activity” is substantially limited by possessing a "shy
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RoseMarie Loft, an HR consultant in the UK, has commented on our post which disclosed the results of a survey in the UK which found that 37% of
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Well, it’s official – at least in our reckoning: the EEOC is, in fact, targeting health care facilities for alleged ADA violations, as we have been claiming for awhile.
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