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EEOC Sues All Day Medical Care Clinic for Discriminating Against Employee for Not Disclosing Disability During Job Interview

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Maryland Health Care Provider Terminated Employee with Vision Impairments for Requesting Reasonable Accommodation on First Day of Work - BALTIMORE – All Day Medical Care Clinic, LLC, which operates five medical clinics in...more

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Cash Depot Pays $55,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

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ATM Service Provider Resolves Federal Lawsuit Charging That It Failed to Accommodate And Fired Employee Because of Disability - HOUSTON – Cash Depot, LTD, a privately owned, independent ATM service provider headquartered...more

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EEOC Sues Innovative Services NW for Disability Discrimination

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Disability Services Organization Refused to Accommodate Employee with Disability, Federal Agency Charges - VANCOUVER, Wash. — Innovative Services NW (ISNW), a nonprofit providing programs for people with disabilities and...more

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Avoid the Naughty List: Eighth Circuit Insight into Handling Requests for Reasonable Accommodations under the ADA

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We can’t pass up the opportunity to encourage you to stay off the naughty list by telling you about this Eighth Circuit case offering guidance on working with your employees who request ADA accommodations. In Joseph Mobley v....more

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Ninth Time Is Not the Charm: Eighth Circuit Denies Serial-Requesting Plaintiff’s ADA Claim

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We are all familiar with the phrase “No good deed goes unpunished.” That apparently is the theme of an Eighth Circuit opinion reviewing an employee’s suit alleging that she was improperly denied an accommodation under the...more

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Asking Applicants For Vax Status? Not So Fast, Employers.

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I'm not sure the ADA will let you do that. There has been a lot in the news lately about job applicants who include their COVID-19 vaccination status on their resumes, employers who ask applicants for that information, and...more

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Fourth Circuit Issues Decision Favorable to Employer on ADA Accommodation

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) generally prohibits covered employers from discriminating against employees or applicants on the basis of disability. One form of such discrimination is failing to provide reasonable...more

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What is a Reasonable Accommodation in the Workplace?

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Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers with 15 or more employees are prohibited from discriminating against a qualified individual on the basis of disability. A covered employer is required, absent an...more

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Keep in Touch: Fourth Circuit Issues Reminder of The Importance of Communicating With Employees on Leave

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Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit—the court that decides federal appeals from South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland—issued an unpublished opinion that serves...more

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What is a Disability Under the Americans With Disabilities Act

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The Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”) seeks to eliminate unwarranted discrimination against disabled individuals in order to guarantee those individuals equal opportunities and to provide the United States with the...more

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EEOC Sues LTI Services for Sex Discrimination 

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Staffing Agency Refused to Hire Qualified Female Applicants as Receiving Associates, Federal Agency Charges - INDIANAPOLIS - LTI Services, LLC, a staffing agency which serves the northern Indiana and Chicago areas, violated...more

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Former Convenience Store Owner to Pay $160,000 to Resolve Disability Discrimination Suit

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Federal Agency Charged Brown-Thompson General Partnership With Firing Employees with Disabilities - ST. LOUIS - The former owner of a chain of Oklahoma convenience stores will pay $160,000 to nine alleged victims of...more

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EEOC Sues Titus-Will Ford For Disability Discrimination

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Tacoma Dealership Fired Salesman Diagnosed with Brain Tumor - SEATTLE -Titus-Will Ford, a Tacoma car dealership, violated federal law when it fired an employee immediately after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, the...more

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Hagemeyer North America, Inc. Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

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Leading Industrial Supplies Provider Fired Employee After He Requested Leave Due to a Medical Condition, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Vallen Distribution, Inc. d/b/a Hagemeyer North America, Inc., a national leading...more

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A New Wave of Website Accessibility Litigation: Employers Beware

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Employers across the country continue to face potential litigation over the accessibility of their websites to individuals with disabilities. The increase in website accessibility litigation under the Americans with...more

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EEOC and Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Conciliate Disability Discrimination Charge

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Heritage Railroad Failed to Adequately Assess Accommodation for Applicant, Federal Agency Charged - DENVER - Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TS) has agreed to conciliate a disability discrimination charge with the...more

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Signature Industrial to Pay $135,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

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Petro-Chemical Contractor Fired Brothers Because of Their Blood Disorder, Federal Agency Charged - HOUSTON - A Beaumont manufacturing company has agreed to pay $135,000 and to provide other significant relief to settle a...more

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Mueller Industries Settles EEOC Class Disability Discrimination Lawsuit For $1 Million

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Company's Strict Enforcement of 180-Day Maximum Leave and Attendance Policies Disadvantages Workers With Disabilities, Federal Agency Says - LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced...more

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[WEBINAR] Labor & Employment Law: What Changed in 2017

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Best Best & Krieger Labor & Employment attorneys discussed new legislation and case law impacting California employers - private and public. What Was Discussed -Legislation passed in 2017 -Wage and hour update ...more

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EEOC Sues IDEC Corporation for Disability Discrimination

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llinois Manufacturer Fired Employee Because It Regarded Him as Disabled, Federal Agency Charges - CHICAGO - IDEC Corporation, a worldwide industrial device manufacturer, unlawfully fired an employee at its East Dundee,...more

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Capstone Logistics to Pay $50,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

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Company Refused to Hire Qualified Applicant Because He Is Deaf, Federal Agency Said - BALTIMORE -- Capstone Logistics LLC, a Norcross, Ga.-based manufacturing and distribution company, will pay $50,000 and provide...more

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EEOC Sues Zachry Construction Corporation For Disability Discrimination

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Contractor Used Medical Questionnaires and Exams to Weed Out Employees With Potential Medical Issues, Federal Agency Charges - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Zachry Construction Corporation, a San Antonio-based construction and...more

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Vantage Drilling Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination

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Drilling Contractor Fired Employee Because of Heart Attack, Federal Agency Charges - HOUSTON - Vantage, a Houston-based group of interrelated energy, drilling and management companies, violated federal law by firing an...more

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Failure to Investigate and Fat-Shaming Permit Employment Claims to Proceed

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Under California law, obesity can qualify as a disability if it has a physiological cause and limits a major life activity. Proving such a claim has been difficult. The First District Court of Appeal’s...more

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The ADA Is Not a Medical Leave Entitlement, Seventh Circuit Declares

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Today’s employers must run their businesses within the competitive environment in which they operate while affording employees an ever-increasing array of leaves. Yet, running a business without a full complement of employees...more

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