On December 20, 2012, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it entered into an agreement with Lesley University to ensure that students with celiac disease and other food allergies can fully and equally enjoy the...more
1/28/2013
- ADA DOJ Food Allergies Lesley University
J.A. Thomas & Associates, a medical consulting business, has agreed to pay $350,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This is the fourth EEOC...more
1/9/2013
- ADA Disability Discrimination EEOC Settlement
The US Army has launched a national education campaign entitled Hire a Veteran in an attempt to tackle the key challenges facing veterans returning to the civilian workplace....more
12/5/2012
- ADA USERRA Veterans
A recent New Jersey case, A.D.P. v. ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, +2012 N.J. Super. LEXIS 171 (App. Div. 2012), makes clear that employers should think twice when implementing drug and alcohol testing policies to...more
12/3/2012
- ADA Drug Testing
Since 2010, the DOJ has taken unparalleled steps to enforce civil rights laws that protect the rights of persons living with HIV or AIDS. As World AIDS Day approaches (December 1, 2012), private employers with 15 or more...more
12/3/2012
- ADA AIDS Discrimination
Many times, in particular with the advent of social media, employers receive information regarding an employee's medical condition from various sources and are unsure how that information should be treated. In a recent...more
12/2/2012
- ADA Disability Discrimination EEOC Medical Records
