Disability News
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Club Demonstration Services to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) suit, the employee was working for Club Demonstration Services as a sales advisor at the Costco Warehouse in Juneau when, in June 2017, her manager informed staff...
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Spike Electric and Controls, LLC to Pay $85,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) lawsuit, an outside sales representative employed by Spike Electric was diagnosed with liposarcoma, a form of cancer, and subsequently scheduled to have surgery to...
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EEOC Files Disability Lawsuits in El Paso and Ft. Worth Based on COVID Related Discrimination
Fabens Pharmacy and 151 Coffee Took Different Approaches to COVID-19, But Both Violated the ADA, EEOC Charged.
According to the EEOC’s suit against U.S. Drug Mart d/b/a Fabens Pharmacy, the pharmacy discriminated...
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EEOC Sues JDKD Enterprises for Disability Discrimination
JDKD Enterprises, LP, a Sewell-New Jersey limited partnership that owns and operates numerous McDonald’s franchises in New Jersey, violated federal law when it fired a grill cook due to his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in...
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New York Federal Judge Issues Landmark Ruling Signaling Potential Change in Tide of ADA Website Litigation
Generally speaking, unlike some courts in other jurisdictions, the New York federal courts have been hospitable to claims by disabled plaintiffs that websites do not comply with the Americans with Disabilities...
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EEOC Sues Elwood Staffing Services for Disability Discrimination
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) lawsuit, Elwood Staffing Services, Inc., a nationwide staffing company, did not hire an applicant for a warehouse position because the applicant does not have a left hand. The EEOC said that...