GLENN O. HAWBAKER, INC. SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 7-2-09 Construction Company Refused to Hire Equipment Operator With Diabetes, Federal Agency Charges WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – A large Pennsylvania construction company violated federal civil rights law when it rescinded a conditional job offer ...
- Evans Solutions To Pay $47,500 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
PRESS RELEASE 9-20-10 Operator of Alternative School Discharged Social Worker With Breast Cancer Because It Regarded Her as Disabled, Federal Agency Charged DETROIT – A Detroit-based operator of a for-profit alternative school will pay $47,500 to settle a disability discrimination lawsui ...
- Disability Discrimination
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 prohibits private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies and labor unions from discriminating against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, job ...
- Evans Solutions To Pay $47,500 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
PRESS RELEASE 9-20-10 Operator of Alternative School Discharged Social Worker With Breast Cancer Because It Regarded Her as Disabled, Federal Agency Charged DETROIT – A Detroit-based operator of a for-profit alternative school will pay $47,500 to settle a disability discrimination lawsui ...
- EEOC Sues Comfort Suites For Disability Discrimination
PRESS RELEASE 9-16-10 Hotel Fires Autistic Front Desk Clerk After Denying Him Access to a Job Coach SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced it has filed a disability discrimination lawsuit against Tarsadia Hotels, doing business as Comfort Suites ...
- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EPILEPSY IN THE WORKPLACE AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)
Notice Concerning The Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act Of 2008 The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendments Act of 2008 was signed into law on September 25, 2008 and becomes effective January 1, 2009. Because this law makes several significant changes, including changes t ...
- LUBY’S TO PAY $135,000 FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT
PRESS RELEASE 7-29-09 EEOC Settles Suit Against San Antonio Restaurant on Behalf of Female Victims, Including Teen, Subjected to Sexual Touching, Comments, Gestures, and Requests for Sexual Favors SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the s ...
- KMART SUED FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION FOR FIRING GREETER WHO USED CANE
PRESS RELEASE 6-24-09 Retail Giant Punished Worker for Back Impairment, EEOC Charges NORFOLK, Va. – National retail giant Kmart Corporation violated federal law by firing an employee because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit f ...
- EEOC SUES BEVERAGE SOLUTIONS FOR DISABILITY BIAS
PRESS RELEASE 6-25-09 Federal Agency Says Company Unlawfully Fired Employees Who Needed Medical Leave CHICAGO – Beverage Solutions, Inc., a Chicago-area beverage distribution company, violated federal law by refusing to reasonably accommodate the needs of one of its employees who needed ...
- Questions & Answers About Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Notice Concerning The Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act Of 2008 The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendments Act of 2008 was signed into law on September 25, 2008 and becomes effective January 1, 2009. Because this law makes several significant changes, including changes t ...
- AVEVA DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 8-3-09 Company Unlawfully Fired Employee With End Stage Renal Disease, Federal Agency Says MIAMI – Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc., a Miramar, Fla.-based transdermal patch manufacturer, violated federal law when it fired an employee because of her disability, the U.S. Equ ...
- EEOC Files Trio of New Cases under Amended Americans with Disabilities Act
PRESS RELEASE 9-9-10 WASHINGTON — Taking another step in its commitment to end disability discrimination in employment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the filing of three new disability discrimination cases today, charging employers in Georgia, Maryland ...
- Eckerd Corporation / Rite Aid Sued for Disability Discrimination
PRESS RELEASE 9-9-10 EEOC Charges Large Drug Store Chain with Failing to Accommodate Employee’s Disability and Discharging Her ATLANTA – Eckerd Corporation, doing business as Rite Aid, a nationwide drug store chain, subjected an employee to unlawful discrimination when it failed to ...
- EEOC Sues Fisher, Collins & Carter for Disability Discrimination
PRESS RELEASE 9-9-10 Agency Charges Ellicott City Surveying Company Fired Longtime Employees for Diabetes and Other Medical Conditions BALTIMORE -- An Ellicott City, Md., surveying company violated federal law when it fired two employees who had diabetes and hypertension because of their illne ...
- CHIEF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICERS COUNCIL TRAINING ACADEMY FOCUSES ON ASSISTING AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES IN JOINING THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE
PRESS RELEASE 12-11-08 OPM and EEOC Partner to Co-sponsor Session Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)today co-hosted a meeting of the Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCO) Council Training Academy focu ...
- SUPREME COURT DENIES FEDEX BID TO REVIEW PUNITIVE DAMAGES AWARD UNDER DISABILITIES ACT
PRESS RELEASE 10-8-08 Justices Decline to Review Jury Award in EEOC Case on Behalf of Deaf Worker WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that the Supreme Court has denied a petition for review by Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) of a ruling ...
- DILLARD’S SUED FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 9-30-08 EEOC Says Retail Giant Requires Employees to Reveal Confidential Medical Information SAN DIEGO – Dillard Store Services, Inc. (Dillard’s), the nationwide chain of department stores, unlawfully discriminates against employees by requiring them to disclose ...
- The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Titles I and V
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the text of Titles I and V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-336) (ADA), as amended, as these titles will appear in volume 42 of the United States Code, beginning at section 12101. Title ...
- The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Sections 501 and 505 EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the text of Sections 501 and 505 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Pub. L. 93-112) (Rehab. Act), as amended, as these sections will appear in volume 29 of the United States Code, beginning at ...
- DELPHI CORPORATION AGREES TO SETTLE EEOC LAWSUIT OVER PROHIBITED MEDICAL INQUIRIES
PRESS RELEASE 5-20-09 Sick Leave Policy Violated ADA, Agency Charged NEW YORK — Delphi Corporation, one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive parts, will pay $80,000 and agree to injunctive relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Emp ...
