Today we will do a “takeaway” before and after we discuss an important new jury verdict in a disability case.
Takeaway: Reliance on discriminatory customer preferences and stereotypes about
Continue Reading Fears And Stereotypes: Fired One-Armed Security Guard Wins EEOC Jury Verdict
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
Continue Reading Don’t Forget “Perception” Of Disability Provision Of ADA
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
Continue Reading Health Care Staffing Company Sued By EEOC For Refusing To Hire HIV-Positive Candidate
This is allegedly what a Texas car dealership supervisor said to an employee when he was informed that the employee had just been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, according to a
Continue Reading It’s Not A Good Employment Move To Say To An Employee With MS: “What’s Wrong With You? Are You A Cripple?”
On July 17th we wrote about a $100,000 settlement in a case brought by the EEOC on behalf of a woman with a prosthetic leg. She sued a staffing
Continue Reading Army Veteran Rejected By FBI Due To Prosthetic Hand Awarded $75,000 By Jury
Readers may recall that on December 4, 2012 we reported that a staffing agency, Staffmark, sent a woman with a prosthetic leg to work as a temporary SONY employee in
Continue Reading Staffing Agency To Pay $100,000 To Settle For Firing Employee With Prosthetic Leg Because It “Did Not Want Anyone Bumping Into Her”
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
Continue Reading Three New Cases On Hearing Impairment And The ADA