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 “ADA”), and we cited an article printed in Law.com entitled “Diabetes on the Rise: What Employers Need To Know To Avoid Claims.”
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Given the “skyrocketing” incidence of diabetes, all employers should know as much as possible about diabetes and its effect on the workplace, and the basics of the Americans With Disabilities Act (the “ADA”).
We just read a great article printed in Law.com written by Monique C.M. Leahy and the editors at Medical Law Perspectives entitled
Is “grabbing” a $1.37 bag of potato chips from the employer’s shelf in the midst of a hypoglycemic attack grounds for termimation? Does it violate the ADA?
An interesting lawsuit from California in this matter that was filed by the EEOC in 2011 has just been settled, according to the EEOC. As the Court
Another “fish shot in a barrel:” an Albuquerque nursing home was just sued by the EEOC for allegedly violating the ADA.
An employee who has diabetes and heart conditions requested “a reasonable accommodation” – an eight-hour day instead of a longer one. Instead, the EEOC said, the company fired him 
— while he was on