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Indiana Residential Services Provider to Pay $65K Over Discrimination Suit

Damar Services, Inc., an Indianapolis residential services provider for individuals with developmental disabilities, will pay $65,000 and provide other relief to settle a disabilit...

Judge says disability bias lawsuit against SHRM must proceed

A candidate previously alleged that the HR organization rescinded a job offer after she requested to have her trained service dog accompany her to the office as a reasonable accomm...

Federal Contractor Affirmative Action Shift: OFCCP Ends Disability Self-ID and Utilization Requirements

Gay, Disabled Worker Sues Town for Discrimination

A longtime Grand Island wastewater plant employee alleges years of anti-gay harassment, retaliation, and disability discrimination. The post Gay, Disabled Worker Sues Town for Disc...

Disabilities

It is almost like he doesn't want to see any disabled people! Why else would he cut funding and remove anything about the disabled?Trump administration reverses stance on integrati...

Inaccessible Benefits Platforms Prompt $150K Payout to Settle EEOC Lawsuit

What if a benefits platform is the barrier preventing an employee from accessing benefits? As new tech tools become part of routine workplace processes, HR has to stay alert for co...

Whether You Can Terminate an Employee for Disability Related Conduct is Complicated

We have discussed previously whether disability related conduct is something that an employer can terminate for. The answer is complicated and it can turn on very fine distinctions...

American Airlines to Pay $200K for Discrimination Against Worker With Blindness

American Airlines will pay $200,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced....

Colorado judge: Doctor’s burnout wasn’t a disability

The Americans with Disabilities Act and related federal laws define disability broadly, but recent federal court decisions demonstrate the statute’s limits.

SHRM faces trial over service-dog accommodation request

A disability discrimination lawsuit against the Society for Human Resource Management can proceed to trial after a federal judge found factual disputes surrounding SHRM’s decision...

Legal Aspects of Accessibility

Understanding the legal requirements for accessibility is essential for anyone building digital products and services. Accessibility legislation exists worldwide, and failure to co...

Louisiana Manufacturing Company Sued for Disability Discrimination

Hunt Forest Products, L.L.C., a Ruston, Louisiana-based wood products manufacturing company, violated federal law when it terminated a laborer’s employment after learning he had a...

Disability accommodation and retaliation case settles for $75,000

An employer has agreed to pay $75,000 and make changes to its accommodation procedures to resolve a federal lawsuit alleging that it stopped scheduling a cashier after she requeste...

Hemorrhoid pain can be a disability, EEOC argues to court

In an amicus brief filed Wednesday, the agency supported a FedEx worker’s appeal, arguing pain can amount to a substantial limitation under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Final Rules Dismantle Civil Rights Protections for Minorities, Women, Individuals with Disabilities, and Veterans

American Airlines to Pay $200K in Discrimination Case

American Airlines will pay $200,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced....

Ollie’s Bargain Discount allegedly refused to hire deaf worker, required ‘ability to hear regularly’

This case is one of several involving deaf job candidates that highlights the danger of assumptions about ability.

Gallagher allegedly approved her disability accommodation - then fired her

The accommodation was approved. What happened next is now a federal case

Disability Accommodations "That Fundamentally Change Court Proceedings, Could Alter the Court's Substantive Decisions,"...

"or affect any other parties' due process rights ... are not reasonable."

Pearson settles claims that workers with visual impairments couldn’t access training, benefits platforms

Accessibility “cannot be an afterthought” when an employer uses online systems for such purposes, an EEOC attorney said.

Second Look Laws and Disability-Inclusive Sentence Review

The Sentencing Project urges disability-inclusive second look laws so courts can review extreme sentences of people whose disabilities shaped their case

How to Deal with Discrimination in the Workplace

Most employees spend more of their time in the workplace, and for this reason, ensuring all the workers are treated the same is an essential factor to consider. Employees who […] T...

Rajasthan High Court on Disability Certificates and Termination of Government Employees

Introduction In Babu Ram v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. Civil Writ Petition No. 17812/2026, the Rajasthan High Court set aside the termination of a government employee whose serv...

'Slap in the face' to be excluded from disability payment

A group of working disabled people has said that a cost of disability payment should be universal and non-means tested.