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EEOC Revises Guidelines for Employment Rights of People With Specific Disabilities
… employment rights of people with specific disabilities .According to an agency news release ..... intended to address how the American with Disabilities Act applies to job applicants and employees ..... epilepsy, diabetes and intellectual disabilities .The revisions reflect recent changes …
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Patriots Cutting Diabetic Player Raises Serious ADA Issues
… employment rights of people with specific disabilities . One of the specific disabilities for which the EEOC published new guidance ..... protected and covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act: As a result of changes made by the …
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EEOC Lands Its Largest Settlement Ever
I never thought I'd read about a case in which I could say to myself, “A $240 million jury verdict doesn't seem all that out of whack.” Then I read about the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's recent $240 million jury verdict against Henry's Turkey Service. The agency alleged that the farm
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s No Hire
… smoking is considered an activity, rather than a medical condition, so it's not protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Fink says.In 2010, nearly 20 percent of American adults smoked, according to the Centers for Disease Control and …
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Bald Is Beautiful … Unless You're a Hooters Waitress After Brain Surgery
… acted illegally. Indeed, whether the wig requirement discriminated against Lupo is a tricky question.The Americans with Disabilities Act protects three classes of individuals: Those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more …
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Get Well Soon? Wellness Programs May Help Decrease Health Costs, Survey Shows
… exposed to increased health education experienced an improvement in overall health, especially in terms of health-related disabilities . The study also suggests that employers provide telehealth and virtual medical care, which would allow employees constant …
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How Long is Too Long for an Unpaid Medical Leave of Absence? Not Two Weeks and a Day.
… in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act) by denying the request.Such ..... accommodation for individuals with disabilities . The medical practice paid $92 ..... accommodations that allow employees with disabilities to remain employed, it is required …
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Take a Pregnant Pause Before Firing That Pregnant Worker
… potential liability under the Family and Medical Leave Act ( if you are large enough to be covered ), and the Americans with Disabilities Act ( if the employee suffers from a pregnancy-related medical condition ). Unless you want to face a settle-or-litigate …
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What Do You Do If You Doubt an Employee's Disability?
… Accommodation and Undue Hardship Under the Americans with Disabilities Act : If an employee's claimed disability is not obvious ..... that which is needed to establish that an Americans with Disabilities Act disability needs a reasonable accommodation. Thus …
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Is an Employer Obligated to Provide Light Duty to an Employee Returning From FMLA Leave?
… back to work.While the answer to this issue under the FMLA is fairly straight forward, often times the Americans with Disabilities Act will dictate a different result. Before denying light duty to an employee returning from FMLA leave, you must consider …
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Can You Hear Me Now? Unilateral Deafness Is Not an ADA Disability
I've long argued that 2009's Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act changed the game for how employers defend disability discrimination cases. Because the ADAAA defines "disability …
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Accommodating Disabled Job Applicants is No Game
When we think of employers' reasonable accommodation obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, we usually think in terms of accommodating current employees. The ADA, however, equally extends this obligation to job …
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The CYA Report: Cancer and Careers
The CYA Report podcast is a partnership between Workforce and Fistful of Talent. In this edition, Workforce Senior Writer Rita Pyrillis discusses her March cover story on how companies can support cancer Survivors in the workplace while managing costs. Listen to the podcast below.
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Beware Saying too Much When Engaging in Pre-Suit Settlement Negotiations
If you have to discuss the merits of the case with the employee's lawyer, either do so over the phone or only put in writing what you live with a judge or jury considering.
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Careers, Culture & Cancer
… and '70s, cancer was still a private thing—there was a shame factor associated with it."Before the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990, discrimination against cancer survivors was common."We've moved away from the taboo of having …
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Legal Brief: Court Rules Pregnant Worker Not Entitled to Accommodations for Lifting
… UPS only offered light-duty work for workers with on-the-job injuries, those accommodated under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and those who had lost U.S. Transportation Department certification. After Young's FMLA leave expired, she went …
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When Is Confidential Medical Information Not Confidential?
The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that employers treat employee medical information obtained from "medical examinations and inquiries ... as a confidential …
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Obsessing (Compulsively) Over Reasonable Accommodations
… accommodate this employee's OCD, and if so, how?The first question is the easy one to answer. Under the American with Disabilities Act's liberal definition of disability, OCD is almost certainly a covered mental disability.The second question, however …