News & Analysis as of September 18, 2024

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Hiring & Firing refers to the process of recruiting, interviewing and offering employment and the process of evaluating performance and dismissing employees. Hiring & Firing is a highly regulated area and can create tremendous liability for employers who fail to properly adhere to acceptable employment practices. Some of the potential pitfalls in this area stem from discriminatory hiring practices, improper performance evaluations, and retaliatory firings. less -

EEOC and Flying Star Transport Settle ADA Claims for $65,000

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/27/2017

Federal Agency Steers Hiring Case of Driver With Amputation to Early Resolution - AMARILLO, Texas - An Amarillo, Texas-based fuel transport company has agreed to pay $65,000 and furnish other relief to settle a...more

EEOC Sues Company That Didn't Hire Veteran Over Use Of Service Dog

Maynard Nexsen on 3/8/2017

Last week, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against freight company CRST Expedited Inc. on behalf of a truck driver trainee who is a veteran. According to the Commission, the employer violated...more

EEOC Sues CRST for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 3/6/2017

Trucking Company Refused to Hire Veteran Because He Uses a Service Dog, Federal Agency Charges - JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- CRST Expedited Inc., a national trucking company, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate,...more

EEOC Sues Vita Plus for Disability Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 7/23/2015

Agricultural Company Fired Driver Due to His Diabetes, Federal Agency Charged - DETROIT - Vita Plus Corporation, an agricultural company with a facility in Gagetown, Mich., violated federal law by discriminating against...more

Supervisor Not "Qualified Individual" Under ADA after Failing DOT Medical Certification

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 2/24/2015

Determining the essential functions of a job can be tricky, especially if there is no information or documentation with which to compare and consider. In this case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit considered...more

Wal-Mart, EEOC Reach Accord In Drug Test “Accommodation” Lawsuit

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 11/3/2014

Laura Jones was offered a sales job at the Wal-Mart store in Cockeysville, Maryland, and was told that she would have to take a drug test. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Ms. Jones told an...more

FedEx Cannot Exclude Diabetic Applicant From Mechanic Position Based on Need to Test Drive Trucks

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 4/21/2014

The Americans with Disabilities Act contains a provision allowing exclusion of disabled persons from jobs when their medical condition contradicts federal licensing requirements. In practice, this exclusion has applied most...more

Last Call! Third Circuit Court Of Appeals Rules That Employer Can Terminate Employee For Violating Strict No Alcohol Return To...

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/7/2014

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision holding that an employer's termination of an employee for violating a very broad and restrictive return to work agreement (RWA), which prohibited the employee from...more

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