Disability News
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Jordan Carriers to Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, an experienced truck driver applied with Jordan Carriers for a flatbed truck driver position and was offered the position contingent upon completion of a pre-employment screening. During the screening, the driver...
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Disabled Veteran Gets $25K and Apology After No-Trespass Order Prevented Him from Voting
A disabled Vietnam veteran with long roots in the community received a $25,000 settlement and a written apology from the town he holds dear after the superintendent unceremoniously barred him from school grounds - a...
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EEOC Guidance on Employer COVID-19 Vaccine Incentive Programs
Lawmakers and many employer organizations have urged the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) to issue guidance to companies that are considering providing incentives to employees who get the COVID-19 vaccine. In response, just a few days ago Carol Miaskoff,...
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New Push Underway to Eliminate Subminimum Wage
Government investigators say that a lack of resources is one of the main reasons people with disabilities continue to work for less than minimum wage. Now, some lawmakers want to change that. A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House...
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Federal Appeals Court Limits ADA Website Accessibility Lawsuits
A federal appeals court has just provided some much-needed relief to businesses facing a barrage of website accessibility lawsuits alleging that their sites do not comply with the nation’s main disability discrimination statute. These lawsuits typically involve a prospective...
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Websites Not Bound by ADA Accessibility Rules, 11th Circuit Finds
In a decision that a dissenting judge warned could have widespread consequences for visually impaired people, a split panel of the 11th Circuit ruled Wednesday that websites for businesses that are generally open to the public are not...