The EEOC recently announced the commencement of a new lawsuit which it filed accusing a leading health care provider in Maryland of violating the ADA for failing to provide a
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Texas Businesswoman Of The Year Fired For Performance Reasons — After She Discloses Breast Cancer
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Irrespective of the merits or legitimacy of the performance issue, is there an employer who has read our blog who cannot critique this action by the company?
Kathleen Mason told …
Bell’s Palsy Sufferer Fired Because Employer Believed That She Had A Stroke
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We decided to blog about every EEOC disability discrimination case against health care companies so that the industry gets the message that it is being targeted.
The latest: Dependable Health…
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EEOC Targets Yet Another Health Care Company For Disability Discrimination
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Well, here to start your day is one more lawsuit brought by the EEOC against a health care facility for alleged disability discrimination. This spate of suits in the health care …
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EEOC Lawsuits: “Don’t Fire Qualified Employees Based on Fears, Myths or Stereotypes”
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We’ve used actual EEOC lawsuits to caution employers many times not to discriminate against employees by using concerns about their health or safety. For example, on December 4th we discussed…
Employer Pays $50,000 After Firing Employee For Taking Legally-Prescribed Bipolar Medication
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Way back in September we cautioned employers not to fire employees for taking legally prescribed meds, and cited a case where this was the employer’s policy and practice. The EEOC…
Don’t Call An Employee With Osteoarthritis “Cripple” or “Hopalong”
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In a decision otherwise of little note, a federal appeals court has ruled in a case from Georgia that an employee who, because of her medical condition, was called “cripple” and…
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Misperception About A Disability’s Effects Violates The ADA
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The EEOC has just sued a San Antonio company today for allegedly firing an employee after she had an attack of Bell’s palsy, a neurological disorder. When she returned to…
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Being “Short” Is Not A “Predisposing Genetic Characteristic” Under NY Law
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A judge in New York City has just held that an employee who alleged that she was fired for being short did not state a claim under New York state…
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EEOC Announces Two New ADA Settlements
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The EEOC has just announced that it settled two suits both based upon the ADA, one case which involved an employee who had an epileptic seizure, and one case where…