Disability News
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What California employers need to know about accommodating mental disabilities
HR.BLR.com
Your legal obligations for accommodating mental disabilities are similar to those for accommodating physical disabilities. However, unlike a broken leg or pregnancy, mental disabilities often aren't readily observable. Employees often are sensitive about mental disabilities, and accommodating them...
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Settlement Agreement: Nueces County, Texas
Pennsylvania Trans Woman's Lawsuit Tests Exclusions in Americans With Disabilities Act
Advocate.com
Continuing her years-long battle, Kate Lynn Blatt has now argued that not having her gender identity accommodated at work violated her rights under federal disability laws.
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Fired Pharmacist with Needle Phobia Wins $2.6 Million Verdict
Pharmacy Times
A needle-fearing Rite Aid pharmacist who had been fired for refusing to attend mandatory immunization training will receive $2.6 million for his troubles, according to Law360.
A New York federal jury sided with Christopher Stevens, who has... -
Statement of Interest: School Board of Broward County, Florida
This dispute arises out of defendant School Board of Broward County, Florida’s (“the School Board”) alleged failure to accommodate plaintiffs Monica Alboniga and her six-year old son, A.M.’s, requests relating to A.M.’s use of his service animal at school. ... -
Marijuana and the workplace. What's an employer to do?
HR.BLR.com
Unavoidably, the question of marijuana use is finding itself on the HR radar. This is because there are currently over 20 jurisdictions with laws that legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes. What’s more, five of those...
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MTA sued by riders with disabilities over paratransit access, reliability
Baltimore Sun
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Maryland Transit Administration on behalf of thousands of riders with disabilities, alleging the agency's federally mandated paratransit service is woefully unreliable and inaccessible.
Users with serious illnesses and other...