Complying with the ADA in hiring (and in the workplace) means not only “treating people equally despite whatever physical challenges they may face” (as per the EEOC), but also not
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Care Facility To Pay Deaf Applicant For Failure To Hire
Last January, we posted about a newly-filed EEOC lawsuit which alleged that a nursing care facility offered two part-time positions to an applicant who is deaf (dietary aide/assistant cook). The
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Is Stuttering A “Disability?”
On March 24, 2013 we commented that “stammering” is a “speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds,
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Health Care Staffing Company Sued By EEOC For Refusing To Hire HIV-Positive Candidate
The headline above says it all – need we repeat out “low hanging fruit” or “fish in a barrel” mantras? Or should we let the EEOC’s press release do
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Pregnancy and ADA Discrimination Topped EEOC Litigation Targets Last Year
On November 1, 2012 we reported that “A strategic enforcement plan (“SEP”) has been drafted by the EEOC which currently has three guiding principles: (1) targeted enforcement; (2) an integrated
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New EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Case Gives Life To It’s General Counsel’s Warning To Employers
Law360 published an interview yesterday with the EEOC’s General Counsel David Lopez in which he candidly predicted the areas of the anti-discrimination laws in which the EEOC will be filing
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Back From Painful Ear Surgery, Receptionist Who Asked To Use A Phone Handset Placed On Her Temple Is Fired
The human body is a frail vessel, prone to defects, injuries, and limitations. Nonetheless, employers must negotiate the thicket of illnesses, injuries, and all manner of medical conditions which their
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The “NEW IMPROVED” DSM-V — Prescription For More ADA Suits?
With the recent, long-awaited publication on May 18th of the 900-plus page DSM-V, the so-called “Bible” of the American Psychiatric Association (its $100,000,000 publishing baby), there has been the usual
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Three New Cases On Hearing Impairment And The ADA
Hearing impairment has garnered some attention these days as it relates to employment discrimination under the ADA. Yesterday we wrote about a new EEOC lawsuit on behalf of a hearing-impaired
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EEOC Settles Case of Employee With Crohn’s Disease Fired For Asking For An Additional Day Of Medical Leave
The EEOC announced today the settlement for $92,500 of a disability discrimination lawsuit against University of Maryland Faculty Physicians, Inc.
The complaint claimed that an employee with Crohn’s disease whose