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Montana Rules that Obesity is Protected Under ADAAA – Qualified Impairment

This morning I received my weekly update from Fisher & Phillips and one case jumped off the page. Montana ruling on obesity and the employees protection under the ADA. This case should raise eyebrows for employers (Labor Letter, August 2012)...
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United Road Towing to Pay $380,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

CHICAGO – United  Road Towing, Inc., a Mokena, Ill.-based towing company, will pay $380,000 to 13  claimants and provide other relief resolving a disability discrimination  lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
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EEOC Once Again Says, “Terminating an Employee With a Disability is Illegal”

It seems that Employers don’t get this message and the EEOC continues to try to reinforce the fact that terminating an employee who has a legitimate disability is a violation of the ADA. Why aren’t we getting this message? The Jackson...
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WorkComp Question of the Day: Pre-Employment Physicals and Injury Prevention Correlation?

The Question of the Day: Can Pre-Employment Physicals get us into legal problems if they are used to prevent injuries? Instead of answering this question I am going to post a recent Press Release issued by the EEOC that involved Pre-Employment...
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Law Firm’s Too Old to Own Policy Violation of Age Discrimination Act says EEOC

Kelley Drye & Warren, a law firm with over 300 attorneys, has agreed to end its policy of requiring partners to give up their equity in the firm once they reach 70 years of age and to pay $574,000 to an attorney who continued to practice...
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EEOC Says “No Restriction” Full Duty Only Policy Violates ADA

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that a federal judge has approved a consent decree settling its disability discrimination lawsuit against New Brighton, Minn.-based Benedictine Health Center at Innsbruck. ...
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EEOC Issues Guidance on Using Arrest and Conviction Records

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Press Release today issued an updated Enforcement Guidance on employer use of arrest and conviction records in employment decisions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended...
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Gerresheimer Pays $90,000 to Settle EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit

Gerresheimer Peachtree City (USA), a plastics manufacturer for the pharmaceutical and health care industry based in Peachtree City, Ga., will pay $90,000 to settle a retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
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Company Fires Employee on Approved Disability Leave – EEOC Sues for ADA Violation

EEOC Sues for Disability Discrimination – Company Fired Employee Over Osteoarthritis Issues, Federal Agency Charges GGNSC Administrative Services, Inc., a centralized billing and collections office for nursing homes, violated federal law...
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EEOC Cautions Employers with Written Sexual Harassment Policies Who Don’t Enforce Then

Hal Leonard to Pay $150,000 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Charge Class of Female Employees at Music Publisher Endured Physical and Verbal Abuse, Federal Agency Charged Hal Leonard Publishing Company, a music print publishing company founded...