Reorganization, reduction in force (“RIF”), merger of departments – these are only a few reasons which employers give when firing an employee – and which is frequently alleged to be
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Citing “Hypocrisy“ Of The “Disability Network” For Firing Deaf Employee, EEOC Settles Lawsuit
The EEOC “must be licking its chops,” we said in our post on June 14th. Why?
It achieved a PR coup in the form of a new lawsuit against a
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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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Senior Center Fires Health and Wellness Director With Fibromyalgia
Seems that they are coming faster now – EEOC suits under the ADA against health care facilities, that is.
The EEOC just sued a senior living community in Colorado for
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“A Health Care Organization Would Be The Employer Least Likely To Fire Someone Because She Just Had Surgery”
This is a quote from an EEOC attorney who just commenced an ADA suit against — you guessed it — an Albuquerque home respiratory services and medical equipment company.
EEOC Now Using GINA To Target Health Care Facility
The EEOC just sued a NYC home care services agency for asking job applicants and employees for genetic information, in alleged violation of GINA, The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.
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Nursing Home Settles For $35,000 — Fired Cook With Arm Limitation
This may sound like our post of two days ago in which we recounted a settlement by a care facility which refused to hire an applicant who was deaf to
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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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ADA Suits Against Health Care Providers: One Last Comment
One last attorney comment on our post “Why Does The EEOC Target Health Care Companies For ADA Violations? Could It Be the Companies?”
We wondered the other day what is
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Why Does The EEOC Target Health Care Companies For ADA Violations? Could It Be the Companies?
Our most recent post on the issue was entitled “Two More ADA Lawsuits Filed By The EEOC: Guess Which Companies Got Sued?” The title refers to our repeated posts
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