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Dillard’s to Pay $2 Million for Demanding Health Details
Danny Johnston/ AP Photo, file Has your employer ever asked you exactly what’s keeping you home sick? If so, it may be violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The EEOC announced on Dec. 18 that...
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Your Employer Can’t Fire You for Taking Rx Medication
iStockphoto/Thinkstock An Ohio company has settled with EEOC for $50,000 after firing an employee who tested positive for a prescribed medication for her bipolar disorder. The agency accused the...
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Can You Be Fired for Using Medical Marijuana?
The Power of Forever Photography/Lifesize/Thinkstock In two recent cases, the EEOC settled with employers who had fired workers because of positive drug tests for prescription drugs. But in states...
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Worker with Panic Attacks Wins $21M Discrimination Verdict
Pixland/Thinkstock A worker who was fired for her panic attacks won a $21.7 million jury verdict against her employer, including $16.5 million in punitive damages for the employer’s malice. April...
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Sheriff Joe Under Fire for Pink Underwear and Selling Meals
(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) From forcing inmates – even obviously mentally ill ones – to wear pink underwear, to requiring them to pay for their food, Sheriff Joe Arpaio seems to be bent on finding new...
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$240M to Disabled Workers Abused in Company’s ‘House Of Horrors’
The "house of horrors" bunk house at Henry's Turkey Service A turkey processing company has been ordered by a jury to pay a whopping $240 million for paying mentally disabled workers 41 cents per hour...
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Disabled Customers Sue Taco Bell, Demanding Better Access
A group of disabled and wheelchair-bound plaintiffs are asking an appeals court to order Taco Bell to make its restaurants in California compliant with laws that require accessibility for disabled...
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Obesity Likely to Become ‘Disability’ Under ADA
iStockphoto The American Medical Association last month voted to classify obesity as a disease, a move lawyers say will likely expand the reach of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) further....
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‘Wounded Warrior’ Who Sued FBI Wins $75,000
iStockphoto/Thinkstock A wounded army vet who sued the FBI for removing him from a program for special agents because of his injuries, won a $75,000 jury award and reinstatement in the training...
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