Disability News
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Texas District Court Upholds Hospital's Policy that Disabled Employees Compete for Vacant Positions
The National Law Review
In a decision impacting the interactive process, the Northern District of Texas held in EEOC v. Methodist Hospitals of Dallas, No. 3:2015-cv-03104 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 9, 2017), that employers do not violate...
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Settlement Agreement:
Court: Rite Aid was right to fire needle-phobic pharmacist
Central Penn Business Journal
Rite Aid Corp. won a key victory in its opposition to a jury verdict against the company for firing a pharmacist who wouldn't administer injections because he suffered from...
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Settlement Agreement:
Doggone it! When an Employee is Allergic to a Coworker's Service Animals
SHRM
Who knew?
I received a lot of feedback on last week’s post. That was the one about an EEOC lawsuit alleging that a company violated the Americans with...
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The U.S. Access Board unanimously elected Board Member Deborah A. Ryan of Boston as its new Chair on March 15. Ryan is head of Deborah A. Ryan & Associates, an accessibility consulting firm that she founded in 2002."I am truly honored...
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ADA and FMLA Claims Fail for Call Center Employee Who Dropped Calls
JD Supra
In a published opinion, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) do not require employers to excuse an employee’s...
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Settlement Agreement: Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections
EEOC Sues CRST for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation
CRST Expedited Inc., a national trucking company, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate, refused to hire and retaliated against a job candidate because he used a service dog, the U.S....