Disability News
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Claim that termination was due to ‘sex-plus’ status as single parent fails (CCH Netnews)
A hospital employee could not show that her termination for refusing to cover a weekend shift and failing to get coverage was pretext for discrimination based on her status as a single mother, discrimination due... -
Techdirt
On March 19th, there was a ruling [pdf] in a case in a federal district court in Vermont, brought by the National Federation for the Blind against...
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Anxiety over Reasonable Accommodation under the ADA for Social Anxiety Disorder
JD Supra
Employers might be just a bit more anxious after learning that the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (“EEOC”) defined the “ability to interact with others” as a major life activity, bringing social anxiety disorder into the scope...
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Anxiety over Reasonable Accommodation under the ADA for Social Anxiety Disorder
The National Law Review
Employers might be just a bit more anxious after learning that the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (“EEOC”) defined the “ability to interact with others” as a major life activity, bringing social anxiety disorder into...
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District Judge Rules That Website Must Accommodate The Disabled
Mondaq News Alerts
Clients who distribute their products or services, in large part, through the use of the Internet should take note of a recent federal court decision under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If followed in other courts,...