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- Oct 13 2016
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- Disability Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate, Employment Law, Workplace Discrimination
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The Americans with Disabilities Act and the World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Orange Juice
Dollar General Stores learn a hard lesson about the cost of failing to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
On September 16, 2016, a federal jury awarded a teenage ex-employee of the chain, Dollar General Stores, more than $277,566.00 in back pay and compensatory damages for her former employer’s violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The teenager was a cashier who was an …
- Sep 15 2016
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- Blog, Disability Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate
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Subjecting Presidential Candidates to Medical Inquiries: Are we Really Entitled to Know That??
Under What Circumstances are Job-Related Medical Inquiries Allowed
We’ve all been hearing a lot this campaign season about the relative health conditions of the candidates for President of the United States. We have been privy to letters from doctors attesting to the well-being of both candidates as well as significant commentary about whether those letters are true and accurate. Everyone, from …
Is Obesity a Disability?
EEOC Extends ADA Protections to Employee Based on Weight
We have all heard the taglines and statistics regarding the obesity epidemic in this country. Still, the plain reality is this: an increasing number of Americans are becoming overweight or obese. A recent survey reports that 63.1% of adults in the U.S. were either overweight or obese in 2009 (of those, 36.6% …
