In a post last March we stated:
Takeaway: Train your managers and staff in the ins and outs of the ADA; always engage in an interactive process re seeking
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“How Can We Accommodate You?”
A recent post of ours dealt with a new decision from an Illinois federal court which held that the employer had enough facts about an employee and her condition to
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Don’t Forget “Perception” Of Disability Provision Of ADA
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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“One Would Expect A Medical Center, Of All Places, To Be Sensitive To An Employee With A Disability”
Yes — that’s what an EEOC attorney said upon the settlement for $75,000 of an ADA case it brought in California against Kaiser Permanente, the US’s largest managed care organization.
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Common Sense Goes A Long Way
Would you pay $180,000 for a bag of potato chips? Would have to be some good bag of chips, or some large bag! Something by Flay? or Keller? In any
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For A $1.37 Bag of Chips, Employer Must Pay $180,000
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
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Job Applicant Without Kidneys Unable To Take Urine Test Settles With Rehab Center Which Refused to Hire Her
Another settlement of an ADA lawsuit against a medical facility is in the EEOC news today. This one is interesting.
On May 8, 2013, we reported on a EEOC suit
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7 Tips To Accommodation in Ontario – “One Size Does Not Fit All”
The need to accommodate disabled employees is well-established in the US. The same is true in Canada.
A very helpful article was published by Carissa Tanzola of the Toronto law
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Service Dogs At Work And Conflicting Rights: Readers Provide Great Suggestions For Employers
More excellent comments and helpful suggestions have poured in from knowledgeable readers relating to ourpost of April 15th (and from April 28th) about an optical store in Michigan which agreed
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Employee Allergic To Service Dog At Work: Rights In Conflict
When we wrote on April 15th about the opticians who fired an employee rather than accommodate her request to have a service dog at work for her anxiety condition (and
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