Amid changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act comes a landmark federal-court ruling: Employees who can’t drive because of physical impairment can’t claim to be “disabled” based on that one limitation.
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Tags: accommodation, ada, americans with disabilities act, disability, Kellog v. Energy Safety Servs.
In reaction to controversial court rulings, Congress is fast-tracking some amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including a clarification on the definition of “disability.”
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Tags: ada, americans with disabilities act, disability, H.R. 3195
The situation: One employee “goes off” on another, and maybe even gets physically abusive or engages in harassment. You call in the offender, and he says, “I have a documented mental disability that causes me to behave that way.”
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Tags: disability, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission
For all the books and articles listing all the warnings about interview questions, the list of no-no’s really boils down to just the Stupid Seven.
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Tags: credit checks, disability, divorced, marital status
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