Uber faces lawsuits over service dogs, blind, disabled riders
Albany Business Review
The Uber Technologies Inc. ride sharing businesses is being sued by blind riders in California and a retired judge in Phoenix for alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The Arizona and California lawsuits contend Uber and its network of freelance drivers don’t abide by the ADA and whether they are able to pick up disabled riders who are blind or in wheelchairs.
Blind man says Fraser Mexican restaurant asked him to leave service dog in car
The Macomb Daily
The manager of the Grand Azteca restaurant in Fraser says he did not fully understand federal law relating to service dogs when he told the Schnecks that other customers were complaining about a dog being inside the restaurant on Friday night.
Program Looks To Turn People With Disabilities Into Entrepreneurs
With an eye toward increasing employment opportunities, a new effort is looking to provide people with intellectual and developmental disabilities the tools to work for themselves.
Hey – That EEOC Wellness Rule Isn't Half Bad
JD Supra
Is the proposed rule good for employers, or bad? Pretty good overall. The EEOC has, for the most part, proposed that providing “incentives” for employees to participate in wellness programs (both rewards and penalties, which we’ll call “carrots” and “sticks”) will be all right as long as the employer complies with the limits in the HIPAA/Affordable Care Act. In other words, incentives to that extent would, for the most part, not make the wellness program “involuntary” for ADA purposes. Which means that medical inquiries made in connection with such a wellness program will generally not violate the ADA.
One catch: The wellness program would have to be associated with a group health plan (either insured or self-insured).
Another catch: The EEOC proposals don’t exactly match the HIPAA/ACA rules, but they’re reasonably close.
KATV
The Americans with Disabilities Act will turn 25 years old this year.
Despite a quarter century of implementation...some still have questions about how it relates to service animals.