Discrimination based upon religion is in the news today after the EEOC just sued a Food Lion store in North Carolina for refusing to accommodate, and firing, an employee who
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Pulmonary Technologist With Usher’s Syndrome Fired By Health Care Provider Settles EEOC Suit For $180,000
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The EEOC filed a lawsuit last year which alleged that a leading health care provider in Maryland violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), by failing to provide a reasonable…
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Health Care Facilities Settle ADA Cases Brought BY EEOC
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“Shooting fish in a barrel” is our way of describing the EEOC’s targeting of heath care providers for disability discrimination claims under the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”). See our…
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Prayer Time Accommodation For Muslim Employees Ruled An “Undue Hardship”
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On April 16, 2013, we posted about an employment discrimination case where a federal judge denied summary judgment to a company which allegedly fired 80 Somali Muslim employees for…
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Nurse Denied Employment By Rehab Center Because Kidney Failure Prevented Urine Test
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Well, it’s official – at least in our reckoning: the EEOC is, in fact, targeting health care facilities for alleged ADA violations, as we have been claiming for awhile.
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Recent Cases Remind Employers of the Dangers of Blindly Adhering to a Dress Code Policy
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The EEOC has recently focused the spotlight on employers who refuse to make religious accommodations due to dress code or appearance policies.
In a well-publicized recent case filed by…
Employer that didn’t think out of the box, may have violated applicant’s rights under the ADA
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In a recent decision, the U.S. District Court of Minnesota ruled that a reasonable jury could find that an employer failed to provide a reasonable accommodation to a job…
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