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Pregnancy Employer Liability Issues Disability Discrimination

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Walgreens Pays $205,000 in EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Settles Federal Charges That Alexandria Pharmacy Refused to Allow Pregnant Worker Emergency Medical Leave, Forcing Her to Quit - NEW ORLEANS – Pharmacy and retailer Walgreens Co. has agreed to pay $205,000 and provide...more

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Heartfelt Home Healthcare Services Settles Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit with EEOC

ERIE, Pa. – Heartfelt Home Healthcare Services, Inc., a Pennsylvania home healthcare provider, will pay $20,000 to a former employee and take significant steps to prevent future discriminatory treatment of its employees to...more

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July 2021: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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DoodyCalls Will Pay $40,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Suit

Pet Waste Removal Company Fired Pregnant Worker, Federal Agency Charged BALTIMORE – Charlottesville, Va.-based DoodyCalls, a leading pet waste removal company, will pay $40,000 and provide significant equitable relief to...more

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HR Two Minute Monthly: disability discrimination; injury to feelings; unfair dismissal

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Our June update considers recent developments in employment law, including cases on disability discrimination, injury to feelings and unfair dismissal for inappropriate promotion of religion. We also outline other points of...more

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Rocco’s Pub to Pay $15,500 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Suit

Restaurant Demoted Employee Because of Her Pregnancy, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA - Rocco's Pub, a Jasper, Ga., restaurant and bar operated by Ciorrocco's, Inc., will pay $15,500 to settle a pregnancy discrimination...more

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Workplace Hazards And Pregnancy – What’s An Employer To Do?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers must evaluate their safety protections for pregnant women and engage in the interactive process with employees to find reasonable accommodations....more

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Takin’ Care Of Business (On Half Time Schedule)

An employee was unable to return to work full time because she was experiencing postpartum depression. She worked half time instead and, according to the employee, she was still able to do everything that was required of her...more

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A Pregnancy-Disability-FMLA Triple Whammy

Pow! Pow! Pow! The College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio (student body approx. 2,000), is going to have to go to trial on a triple whammy of pregnancy discrimination, failure to accommodate a disability, and violations of the...more

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Road to Lawsuit Paved with Good Intentions

A federal district court in Alabama recently denied summary judgment to an employer in a Title VII pregnancy discrimination claim. The employee, a pregnant nurse working at a home for intellectually disabled individuals, was...more

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Carolina Creek to Pay $70,000 to Settle EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Suit

Christian Camp Demoted Employee Because of Her Pregnancy and a Related Complication, Then Fired Her for Complaining, Federal Agency Charged - HOUSTON - Carolina Creek Christian Camp, Inc., a Huntsville, Texas-area...more

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A Reader Asks: “Is It Me, Or Has Job Interviewing Become Really Complicated?”

Last week, I wrote about the two situations in which an employer should ask an applicant about a disability or a religious belief or practice that might require reasonable accommodation. (As I emphasized last week, 99 percent...more

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