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Virginia Expands Disability Discrimination Protections And Adds Domestic Worker Protections

Effective July 1, 2021, Virginia further expands the scope of the Virginia Human Rights Act (VHRA) to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability. The state also enacted protections and benefits for domestic workers...more

4/12/2021  /  Adverse Action , Disability Discrimination , Domestic Workers , Employee Handbooks , Governor Northam , Human Rights Act , Reasonable Accommodation , Undue Hardship

Claim Of Massachusetts Employee Fired For Medical Marijuana Use May Proceed, State High Court Rules

An employee fired after she tested positive for marijuana on a test administered in the hiring process should be able to proceed with her “handicap discrimination” claim under Massachusetts’ anti-discrimination statute, the...more

7/21/2017  /  Disability Discrimination , Drug Testing , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , Hiring & Firing , MA Supreme Judicial Court , Marijuana , Medical Marijuana

Claim Of Massachusetts Employee Fired For Medical Marijuana Use May Proceed, State High Court Rules

An employee fired after she tested positive for marijuana on a test administered in the hiring process should be able to proceed with her “handicap discrimination” claim under Massachusetts’ anti-discrimination statute, the...more

7/20/2017  /  Disability Discrimination , Drug Testing , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Policies , Hiring & Firing , Marijuana , Medical Marijuana , Popular , Reasonable Accommodation
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