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Reasonable Accommodation Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Veterans

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: January 2022 #3

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: August 2021

“The history of the ADA did not begin on July 26, 1990, at the signing ceremony at the White House. It did not begin in 1988 when the first ADA was introduced in Congress. The ADA story began a long time ago in cities and...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: May 2021 #4

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: December 2020 #3

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: November 2020 #5

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

CRST to Pay $47,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination and Retaliation Lawsuit

Federal Agency Charged That Trucking Giant Refused to Hire Veteran Because He Uses a Service Dog - CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - CRST Expedited, Inc./CRST International, Inc. will pay $47,500 and furnish other relief to settle a...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Inside USERRA's Extensive Requirements for Employers

The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act prohibits employers of all types and sizes from discriminating against applicants and employees on the basis of their military status or obligations, and...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Extended Consideration of Accommodation Request OK in Unusual Circumstances

Employers understand their obligation to engage in an interactive process to address accommodation requests made by disabled employees. How long does the employer have to reach a conclusion with regard to the accommodation...more

Maynard Nexsen

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

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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

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

The Employment Law Authority - September/October 2015

On October 16, 2015, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) concerning new rules for extending the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program for international students...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Sneakers Corp / Just Sneakers to Pay $18,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

Legally Blind Veteran Denied Accommodation and Fired, Federal Agency Charged - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Sneakers Corporation, doing business as Just Sneakers, Inc., will pay $18,000 and furnish other relief to settle a...more

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

EEOC Sues EZEFLOW USA for Disability Discrimination

Pipe Fittings Manufacturer Fired a Veteran With PTSD Instead of Giving Him Brief Unpaid Medical Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation, Federal Agency Says - PITTSBURGH - EZEFLOW USA, a pipe fittings manufacturer,...more

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