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Rite-Aid, ex-worker settle disability lawsuit for $250K

12/03/2012

The Camp Hill-based Rite-Aid drug store chain will pay $250,000 to settle a disability discrimination and retaliation complaint filed by an epileptic former worker at one of its Maryland facilities.

Request accommodations info after FMLA leave expires

11/30/2012

Employees who run out of FMLA leave may still be eligible for additional time off under the ADA if their condition qualifies as a disability.

Track all ADA accommodation requests, responses

11/30/2012

If an employee sues over reasonable ADA accommodations, her attorney will probably ask how many recent accommodation requests you have received and whether you granted them. If you have this information on hand, it will be easier to defend the lawsuit.

ADA: Have employee suggest accommodations

11/16/2012

Some employees think that merely declaring they have a disability means it’s up to the employer to figure out an accommodation. That’s not entirely true. The ADA accommodations process is an interactive one, requiring input from both employee and employer.

It’s dangerous to let supervisors set ADA accommodations

11/09/2012

Smart employers don’t leave it up to a direct supervisor to manage ADA reasonable accommodation. Instead, they work out a system that requires HR’s oversight. Otherwise, a boss with a grudge could set up a disabled employee to fail—and set the table for a costly ADA lawsuit.

EEOC: Domestic violence victims may be protected from job discrimination

11/07/2012

No federal employment law specifically prohibits job discrimination against domestic violence victims. But the EEOC released a Q&A fact sheet in October 2012 to clarify that Title ViI and the Americans with Disabiilties Act (ADA) “may apply to employment situations involving applicants and employees who experience domestic or dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.” Read the full Q&A here …

What’s a ‘reasonable’ accommodation? It’s your call, not the disabled employee’s

11/06/2012

Some disabled employees think the ADA lets them demand a specific accommodation for their disabilities. That’s simply not true. As long as the workplace changes are truly “reasonable” and actually accommodate the disability, you have done everything the law requires.

Wilmington medical center settles ADA dispute for $146K

11/01/2012

The New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington will pay $146,000 to a class of applicants and employees because the hospital erroneously regarded them as disabled.

Suspect employee has relapsed into drug use? Never say so without proof

11/01/2012

Under the ADA, it’s illegal for employers to discriminate against employees who have a history of drug addiction but who aren’t current users. Before you or anyone else in management comments on suspicions that an employee has backslid, make sure you have evidence to back the claim.

Handicapped man fired for limping, typing too slowly

10/27/2012

A former employee in Bank of America’s mortgage office in Pittsburgh is suing the bank, claiming he was fired because of his disability.

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