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• Can workers have it both ways? Man gets disability, then sues employer

  
  HRMorning.com — Authority: 139
  There are signs everywhere workers are getting more aggressive about squeezing all they can out of their employers. The latest piece of evidence: An Illinois man filed for a disability pension, claiming he was unable to do any work — and then he turned around and sued his employer for failing to accommodate his ...
  6 days ago

• Can workers have it both ways? Man gets disability, then sues employer

  
  Work Fanatic — Authority: 139
  There are signs everywhere workers are getting more aggressive about squeezing all they can out of their employers. The latest piece of evidence: An Illinois man filed for a disability pension, claiming he was unable to do any work — and then he turned around and sued his employer for failing to accommodate his ...
  1 week ago

• Ninth Circuit Extends Rehabilitation Act to Independent Contractors

  
  Labor Employment Law Blog — Authority: 404
  On November 19, 2009, the Ninth Circuit handed down its opinion in Fleming v. Yuma Regional Medical Center , 07-16427. The court faced the difficult task of interpreting the interplay between Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. § 794) and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Sixth and ...
  1 week ago

• Clay Aiken Song Echos Music Within

  
  Carolina On My Mind — Authority: 116
  As Long As Were Here - Clay Aiken Montage by Aspiegirl Making a Difference Worlds Merge in Uplifting Film Most people go to their graves with their music still inside them. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Worlds unexpectedly collided on many levels Tuesday as I watched the movie "Music ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 742
  Ezra Klein defends an individual healthcare mandate against charges that it’s unconstitutional, and what’s striking to me is that the argument seems awfully wobbly even if you’re on board with a lot of the post–New Deal jurisprudence about the scope of federal power.  Sez Ez: The summary is that you can ...
  2 weeks ago

• EEOC Meeting in New Orleans Focuses on Better Integrating Disabled Workers

  
  Workers Comp Kit Blog — Authority: 140
  Top officials  of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Civil Rights (DOJ), will jointly hold a town hall listening session to draw public input on new federal regulations and procedures to promote the hiring of people with disabilities. The forum, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bar Exam Sued for Refusing to Accomodate Law School Grad Who is Blind

  
  JFActivist — Authority: 426
  Press Release National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) Discriminates Against Blind & Low Vision Law School Graduates A suit filed November 3, 2009 in Federal court alleges that TheNational Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) discriminates against blindand low ...
  2 weeks ago

• Delaware DCT Holds that ANC Subsidiaries Subject to Suit under ADA and FMLA

  
  Turtle Talk — Authority: 434
  The case is Peason v. Chugash Governmental Services, Inc. (D. Del.). The materials: Pearson DCT Order Chugash Motion to Dismiss Pearson Opposition to Motion Chugash Reply Brief
  3 weeks ago

• Cracking Down on Inflexible Leave Policies: A Summary of the Sears EEOC Decision

  
  Workers Comp Kit Blog — Authority: 140
  The Americans with Disabilities Act  (ADA) requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employees. Despite this requirement, many employers maintain leave policies that are inflexible as to either the length of leave or the ability to request a different work assignment or other ...
  3 weeks ago

• US tissue firm offers $10,000 for hanging out at restrooms

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  New York, Nov 7 (IANS) A major US toilet tissue company is offering a $10,000 pay to five enthusiastic people willing to hang out at its Times Square restrooms for six weeks as its ambassadors during the holiday season.The “Charmin Ambassadors” are part of the company’s effort to promote the brand through ...
  3 weeks ago

• SUNY Cortland residence hall reopens after $5.6 million renovation project

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 137
  The State University of New York (SUNY) at Cortland has completed the $5.6 million renovation of Fitzgerald Hall, one of its residential facilities. The Grand Reopening ceremony took place on Thursday, October 15 at 2:00 pm. There were guest speakers, a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a reception and building tours. This ...
  4 weeks ago

• Letter: Homes for the Mentally Ill

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  To the Editor:.
  4 weeks ago

• CANADA Calgary Local Employment Programs for Disabled Workers

  
  Workers Comp Kit Blog — Authority: 140
  Calgary Residents w ith Disabilities Receiv e Help from Local Employment Program People with disabilities  will get help preparing for jobs as a result of the Government of Canada’s support for a local employment program. Deepak Obhrai, member of Parliament for Calgary East, made the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Sidewalks become battlegrounds

  
  JFActivist — Authority: 426
  From USA Today (10/25/09): Sidewalks become battlegrounds By Chris Joyner, USA TODAY JACKSON, Miss. — The nations crumbling sidewalks have disabled residents taking their wheelchairs to the streets, a potentially dangerous practice that has cash-strapped cities and disability-rights advocates at odds over how ...
  4 weeks ago

• Brick Sidewalks In Downlown Lancaster

  
  Canthook — Authority: 130
  I had to go to the county courthouse last week. No place to park anywhere near, not that it bothered these drivers, who think that they dont have to follow the law. Several city and county cop cars drove past, ignoring the fact that these cars were parked in the middle of the street, which would be illegal even if ...
  5 weeks ago

• ‘Sidewalks become battlegrounds’

  
  Disability News | PatriciaEBauer.com — Authority: 432
  From USA Today:Crumbling sidewalks across the nation don’t meet federal requirements for disability access, putting people in wheelchairs at risk as they take to the streets.Although there are no specific statistics on the number of accidents involving wheelchairs in streets, according to the U.S. Department of ...
  5 weeks ago

• Article Title Unknown

  
  Trade Regulation Talk — Authority: 126
  Classes of Disabled Franchise Patrons Certified in ADA Action Against Burger King This posting was written by Pete Reap, Editor of CCH Business Franchise Guide. Ten separate classes of Californian mobility-impaired patrons of ten Burger King restaurant franchises were entitled to be certified against the ...
  5 weeks ago

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