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Reasonable Accommodation Disability Discrimination Medical Examinations

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

EEOC Issues Guidance on Artificial Intelligence and Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help streamline business processes making workers more efficient and driving costs down for the consumer. What happens, though, when an employer uses AI in hiring decisions?...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

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

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

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Employer Fitness For Duty Policy Survives Disability Discrimination Claim

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A district court ruled that a long-time railroad trackman, who was pulled from service following safety complaints from his coworkers and supervisors, failed to prove that he was considered disabled under the ADA, and failed...more

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School City of Hammond to Pay $70,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability and Age Discrimination Finding

School Disadvantaged Older Workers and Those With Disabilities or Who Failed Medical Exams, Federal Agency Charged - INDIANAPOLIS – The School City of Hammond, located in Hammond, Ind., will pay up to $70,000 and furnish...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

EEOC Updates Its COVID-19 Guidance (Again)

On September 8, 2020, the EEOC released an updated technical assistance document addressing COVID-19 and the federal anti-discrimination laws enforced by the agency, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Our...more

Cozen O'Connor

COVID-19 FAQs For California Employers

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We have prepared the following FAQ to guide California employers with respect to their workplace policies and their response to the orders and laws that have been passed at the federal, state and local level to contend with...more

Snell & Wilmer

No Crystal Ball for the ADA: Future Disabilities Not Protected Under Act

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On October 29, 2019, a panel of Seventh Circuit Appellate Court Judges held that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) does not cover alleged discrimination based on future impairments. Shell v. Burlington N. Santa Fe Ry....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Obesity Is Always a Disability Under the Washington Law Against Discrimination

In a departure from the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other state anti-discrimination laws, the Washington Supreme Court (7-2) recently ruled that obesity “always” qualifies as an impairment under the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Doctor, Doctor: Fourth Circuit Allows Case to Proceed on Employee Medical Exam

When can you send an employee for a medical exam? In EEOC v. McLeod Health, Inc., the Fourth Circuit recently provided some guidance and allowed a plaintiff’s claim for an illegal medical exam to proceed to the jury despite...more

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EEOC Sues Remedy Intelligent Staffing and Lornamead Inc. For Disability Discrimination

Staffing Agency and Manufacturer Denied Accommodations to Long-Term Temporary Worker with Kidney Condition, then Fired Him, Federal Agency Charges - BUFFALO, NY - Remedy Intelligent Staffing, LLC (Remedy), a...more

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EEOC Sues Wesley Health System / Merit Health Wesley For Disability Discrimination

Company Refused to Accommodate and Fired Employee Because of Arm/Shoulder Injury, Federal Agency Charges - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Wesley Health System, LLC, dba Merit Health Wesley, a general medical and surgical hospital...more

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Chemtrusion to Pay $145,000 to Settle EEOC Class Disability Discrimination Case

Company Screened Out Job Applicants After Medical Examinations Without Any Individualized Assessments on Fitness for Work, Federal Agency Charged - INDIANAPOLIS - Chemtrusion, Inc., a Houston-based manufacturing services...more

McAfee & Taft

Medical exam results and tasks actually performed

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When addressing the issues of a person’s ability to perform a job or the potential need for accommodation, don’t forget to take into account work the individual has previously performed. Sometimes that can be every bit as...more

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EEOC Sues Impressions Incorporated for Disability Discrimination

Federal Agency Says St. Paul Company Fired Employee for Depression Despite His Submitting to Unlawfully Mandated Examination - MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Impressions, Incorporated, a St. Paul-based design, printing...more

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No medical report means no accommodation

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Although the Army Ammunition Depot is located in McAlester, it was a Muskogee federal court that upheld an employer’s right to require adequate medical support before granting an employee’s request their job be modified on...more

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Is Obesity a Disability Under the ADA Not Without Physical Impairment Eighth Circuit Rules

Obesity does not meet the definition of a “disability” under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for either the discrimination or “regarded as” provisions of the statute, a panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

EEOC Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Interplay Between ADA and Employee Wellness Programs

Despite existing guidance available to employers under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”), employers have long faced uncertainty about the legality of their...more

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