Disability News
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EEOC Sues Wayne Farms for Disability Discrimination
Wayne Farms, LLC, one of the nation's largest poultry producers, illegally discriminated against a class of employees because of their disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed on August 18, 2016.
In its suit, EEOC...
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Why accommodate disabled workers?
Jackson Clarion Ledger
Accommodating workers with disabilities involves providing assistance or making changes in the job or workplace that will enable the employee to do the job. There are laws and regulations against discriminating against applicants and employees with disabilities.
Many people with disabilities make...
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Department of JusticeOffice of Public Affairs
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Final Rule Implementing ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (titles II and III)
The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADA Amendments Act) made a number of significant changes to the meaning and interpretation of the ADA definition of "disability" to ensure that definition would be broadly construed and applied without...
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U.S. Complaint Harris County, Texas
This action is brought by the United States to enforce Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131-12134, and its implementing regulation, 28 C.F.R. Part 35, against Harris County, Texas, acting through its Clerk. ... -
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