Hiring & Firing, ADA, Disability Discrimination

Fort Worth Center of Rehabilitation Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/8/2013

Health Care Facility Refused to Allow Alternate Form of Drug Testing as a Reasonable Accommodation for Applicant with Renal Failure, Agency Charged - DALLAS - The Fort Worth Center of Rehabilitation violated federal...more

SITA Information Networking Computing USA Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/8/2013

Company Withdrew Job Offer Because of Cancer Surgery, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - An Atlanta-based air transport communications and information technology company has agreed to settle a disability discrimination...more

Baptist Health South Florida Sued by EEOC for Disability Discrimination

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/24/2013

Physician With Epilepsy Denied a Reasonable Accommodation and Fired by Coral Gables Doctor's Hospital, Federal Agency Charged - MIAMI - Baptist Health South Florida, a Miami-based hospital system, violated federal law...more

EEOC Sues Wal-Mart for Sexual Harassment, Retaliation and Disability Discrimination

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/12/2013

Developmentally Disabled Walmart Employee in Akron Store Fired for Complaining About Sexual Touching, Federal Agency Charges - CLEVELAND - Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P. violated federal law by allowing a male employee...more

Are You Considering Conditioning A Job Offer On An Agreement That The Applicant's Disabled Dependent Won't Enroll In The Health...

by Beth Alcalde | Akerman Senterfitt on 4/3/2013

Traditional employment laws often interact with traditional employee benefit laws. One such example is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)'s impact on employer-sponsored group health plans. As group health plan costs...more

EEOC Sues Toys “R” Us On Behalf of Deaf Job Applicant

by Peter Felsenfeld | Barger & Wolen on 3/28/2013

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has sued retailer Toys “R” Us for failing to provide an interpreter to assist a deaf job applicant during an interview....more

Employers Beware: Anything Short of a Robust Attempt to Engage in Interactive Process Might Preclude Summary Judgment

by Charlotte Wolfe | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/28/2013

Several recent cases in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals remind employers that their obligation to engage in the interactive process is an increasingly onerous one. First, in Keith v. County of Oakland, No. 11-2276 (6th...more

REDC Default Solutions to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/22/2013

Company Fired Texas Woman Over Post-Stroke Condition, Federal Agency Charged - DALLAS - An Irvine, Calif.-based company will pay $50,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by...more

Labor Letter, February 2013: How To Weigh Obesity In Employment Decisions

by Jeff Weintraub | Fisher & Phillips LLP on 2/6/2013

Imagine you are the Hiring Manager for a distribution warehouse and have just begun interviewing applicants for a materials handler position. The first candidate enters the room, standing at a height of 5’4”, weighing more...more

Kintetsu International Express to Pay $77,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Harassment, Retaliation Suit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/4/2013

Supervisor Constantly Degraded Tour Coordinator with Arthritis, Then Forced Her and Co-Worker Out for Reporting Harassment, Federal Agency Charged - HONOLULU, Hawaii - Kintetsu International Express (USA), Inc. - a...more

J.A. Thomas & Assoc. Agrees to Pay $350,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 1/8/2013

Health Care Consulting Firm Refused to Rehire Bilateral Amputee, Federal Agency Charged - DETROIT-The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has resolved its suit against J.A....more

Disabled Substitute Teacher Applicant Raises Some Adequate Claims Against Illinois School District

by Jackie Wernz | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 1/8/2013

A federal trial court in Chicago recently decided that a disabled applicant for a substitute teacher position at Zion School District No. 6 alleged sufficient facts against the District to proceed with a lawsuit against it....more

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