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Employee's Off-Duty Car-Crash Injuries Compensable: Court
The Kentucky Supreme Court said Adan Mandujano's car accident was compensable because he was performing the 'necessary and inevitable' act of returning from a trip that Gaines-Gentry and Eaton had requested him to take.
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Medical Marijuana Use Not Protected by ADA: Appeals Court
California cities are not violating the Americans with Disabilities Act when they crack down on marijuana dispensers, said a federal appellate court in a case brought by disabled California residents …
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U.S. Workers Short on Long-Term Disability Coverage'
Despite employers' cutting back on providing benefits, few employees are purchasing such policies on their own, says new study.
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Reassignment of Disabled Employees
… Commission sued United Airlines under the Americans with Disabilities Act, challenging the airline's reasonable accommodation ..... Commission sued United Airlines under the Americans with Disabilities Act, challenging the airline's reasonable accommodation …
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It's About Time—and Money
… talks with the U.S. Labor Department about the ways scheduling tools can improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities . The organization also plans to reach out to organized labor. And it established an academic advisory council. That council …
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The Dream, the Reality: Civil Rights in the '60s and Today
… years, in particular by passage of legislation, such as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Civil Rights Act of 1991, which provided more legal remedies to victims of employment discrimination …
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Re: What Constitutes sick leave abuse?
… as the productivity of the business/department. Ask how the company can help to mitigate the situation. Be ready to discuss reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities and/or a referral to EAP (if you have one).
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Confronting Barriers: An Interview With Lex Frieden
… Frieden helped craft the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed into law by President ..... Lex Frieden: Many other people with disabilities probably shared similar experiences ..... better than it is now, people with disabilities were still unemployed at the same rate …
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Obesity Problems Weigh on Workers' Comp
… therapy and drugs, NCCI found. Additionally, NCCI found that "there is greater risk that injuries will create permanent disabilities if the injured worker is obese." About 28 percent of claims handled by Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. involve …
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Obese Workers' Body Mass Data Aids Treatment
… to Boca Raton, Florida-based NCCI Holdings Inc., injuries sustained by obese workers are more likely to be permanent disabilities . In addition, the range of medical treatments and costs generally are greater for obese claimants. For example, an NCCI …
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Job Creation for Individuals with Disabilities
… jobs specifically for individuals with disabilities . At this time, all employment is ..... specifically create jobs for individuals with disabilities . The economic situation doesn't ..... creating jobs for individuals with disabilities ? - beyond the obivous good will and …
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Attudinal Training for Disabilities
Several times recently there have been articles about the value of training in order to increase understanding regarding people with disabilities , is this valid? Who does such training (I've only seen legal info)? Is this kind of concern in the realm of the HR manager?
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Supervising Employees with Disabilities
I am in search of courses to enhance newly appointed supervisors in supervising employees with disabilities
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Customer Service Training for People with Disabilities
I am designing a workshop to train customer service skills to groups of individuals with various types and degrees of disabilities . I would appreciate suggestions for general customer service training success stories as well as audio and video recommendations. Thank you.
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Rule Would Require Federal Contractors to Hire More Disabled Workers
… percent of their workforce be people with disabilities , it said Dec. 8. According to the ..... segregated all of its employees with disabilities into one or two low-paying jobs might ..... protecting the civil rights of workers with disabilities since the passage of the Americans …
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Disabilities Protections Expanded
… refused and never returned to work. Hoffman sued the company under the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended by the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act, claiming the company failed to accommodate his disability and fired him …
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EEOC Sues Wal-Mart for Disability Discrimination
… S., and required Wal-Mart to hire an (Americans with Disabilities Act) coordinator. Nevertheless, it appears that some store ..... not understand their obligations to accommodate people with disabilities ." A Wal-Mart spokesman did not respond to a request for …
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Workplace Regulations Provide Relief to Pregnant Women and Breastfeeding Moms
… under health care reform, combined with the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, or ADAAA, should have a positive ..... employers avoid the technicalities associated with qualifying disabilities and put the focus on how they can treat people fairly …
