Disability News
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Voluntary Compliance Agreement: Idaho Pizza Company
Settlement Agreement: Palm Springs Art MuseumADA Website Accessibility Lawsuits on the Rise: Companies Should Review Their Potential Exposure
JD Supra
With the recent spike in website accessibility lawsuits, companies should review their websites for compliance with the Americans...
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Nursing homes may be targeted for turning away patients being treated for opioid addiction
McKnight's Long Term Care News
Federal investigators could begin cracking down on nursing facilities that refuse admission to patients being treated for opioid addiction, experts are warning.
Legal professionals argue the Americans with Disabilities...
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Hospital's Failure to Provide Sign Language Interpreter Negligence, Bureaucratic Inaction.
Ginsburg will pay $50K penalty to settle handicap suit at Haverstraw complex
The Journal News
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York has settled a federal Fair Housing Act lawsuit against Ginsburg...
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When opioid abuse invades the workplace: panel discusses interoffice addiction
Memphis Business Journal
Jeff Weintraub, labor and employment attorney with Fisher Phillips' Memphis office, said the first evidence he usually gets that there's a prescription drug problem is an HR rep calls him and says, "We...
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Multimonth ADA Leave Isn't Required in the 7th Circuit
SHRM
The appeals courts will remain divided over whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires multimonth leave: The Supreme Court has declined to review a 7th Circuit decision that the ADA doesn't require employers to allow workers with disabilities...
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Capstone Logistics to Pay $50,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
Capstone Logistics LLC, a Norcross, Ga.-based manufacturing and distribution company, will pay $50,000 and provide significant equitable relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
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