Disability News
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Supreme Court declines to revisit needle-phobic pharmacist's ADA case
HR Dive
- The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review an appeals court's ruling that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) did not require Rite Aid to exempt a pharmacist with trypanophobia — fear of needles — from administering ...
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When is Enough, Enough? Limiting Leave as a Reasonable Accommodation under the ADA
Lexology
Q: How long does an employer have to accommodate an employee’s disability in the form of a leave of absence?
A: The law in most jurisdictions is unclear. In fact, in most jurisdictions, including Pennsylvania,...
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Settlement Agreement: Bar-T Year Round Programs for Kids
Movie patron who can't see or hear wins appellate ruling in bid for tactile interpreter
ABA Journal
A federal appeals court is giving a deaf and blind man a chance to argue he was entitled to a tactile interpreter at...
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Blind, deaf patron denied an interpreter posts win in lawsuit against movie theater chain
PennLive.com
Must a Pennsylvania movie theater provide special interpretation services to a patron who is deaf and blind, even if the cost will far exceed the price of a ticket to the film?
Maybe, a...
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EEOC Sues Evergreen Kia For Sexual Orientation and Disability Discrimination
Chicago car dealership Evergreen Kia violated civil rights law by subjecting an employee to harassment because of his sexual orientation and disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed on October 2.
In its...
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Fired day after genetic testing and after cancer treatment, employee advances ADA but not GINA claim
Fired for insubordination one day after taking medical leave for genetic cancer testing, and after having previously taken more than 12 weeks of leave for breast cancer treatment, a health services company employee...