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Federal Agency Charges Company Failed to Rehire Former Employee Because She Previously Filed EEOC Discrimination Charge - CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Cinergy Entertainment Group, Inc., a Texas corporation operating multiple cinema...more
Federal Agency Charges Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Facility Fired Nurse With Sleep Disorder - HOUSTON – VibraLife of Katy, LLC, a rehabilitation and assisted living facility in Katy, Texas, violated federal law when...more
Settles Federal Charges Distribution Center Refused to Allow Disabled Employee to Work and Retaliated Against Her for Complaining - RALEIGH, N.C. – Wal-Mart Stores East, LP will pay $75,000 and furnish other relief to...more
The Supreme Court issued several momentous decisions last term that will have a lasting impact on employer practices. The Justices continued to shape the workplace law landscape by ruling on an array of issues involving...more
Nonprofit Denied Accommodations to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Employees and Fired Employees Who Requested Medical Leave, Federal Agency Charged - WASHINGTON – Didlake, Inc., a government contractor that provides janitorial...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that the waiver of a State's immunity under Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is unconstitutional. This ruling permits a State to defend a Title V...more
Settles Federal Charges Workforce Services Provider in Southern New Mexico Failed to Grant Medical Leave and Fired Employee - SOCORRO, N.M. – Res-Care and Equus Workforce Solutions (jointly referred to as Res-Care/Equus),...more
Federal Agency Charged Company Disclosed Employee’s Confidential Medical Information and Fired Her for Complaining - JACKSON, Miss. – Headquartered in Tennessee, Tractor Supply Company, the nation’s largest rural lifestyle...more
Casino Resort Settles Charges That It Failed to Provide Reasonable Accommodations to Employees With Disabilities - LAS VEGAS – DTG Las Vegas, LLC; Fifth Street Gaming, LLC; and DTG Las Vegas Manager, LLC, which operate the...more
A federal appeals court recently refused to let a mortgage broker send its former employee’s disability discrimination lawsuit to arbitration, stating the company waived its right to arbitration when it actively participated...more
In Harris v. FedEx Corp. Servs., Inc., No. 23-2003, a Fifth Circuit panel vacated a $365 million punitive damages award in race discrimination and retaliation case, finding that the plaintiff Jennifer Harris (“Harris”) failed...more
When advising employers about the legal risks associated with a business reorganization, we generally advise that discrimination claims are less likely when a company closes an entire facility or department as compared to...more
Federal Agency Charges Property Management Companies With Revoking Job Offer From Woman With Breast Cancer - BOSTON – Atlantic Properties Management Corporation and its affiliate, Diversified Funding, Inc., property...more
SkyWest Airlines, Inc., was justified in discharging a deaf ramp agent because his inability to hear or effectively communicate posed a “direct threat” to the safety of himself and others, the U.S. District Court for the...more
A California appellate court recently denied enforcement of an arbitration agreement because (1) it contained provisions the court found problematic, and (2) the employer presented the agreement to the employee for electronic...more
Key Takeaways - Resolved medical conditions and COVID-19 symptoms — aside from “Long COVID” — may not be considered “disabilities” under the ADA. A seven-week period between employee engagement in protected activity and an...more
Settles Federal Agency Charges Pizza Chain Failed to Accommodate and Fired Blind Employee Because of Disability - ATLANTA – Papa John’s Pizza, an international chain of pizza restaurants based in Louisville, Kentucky, will...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more
A recent federal court decision notes that disabled employees or employees with substance abuse problems must nonetheless comply with an employer’s policies and meet reasonable performance standards. Stephen Drizos, a...more
Does the fact that an individual is disabled automatically make him a “qualified individual with a disability” under Title I of the ADA? In Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida, the Eleventh Circuit said no....more
The Supreme Court just began a new term, and we’re watching several cases that will likely have a big impact on the workplace. Specifically, the Court will weigh in on whether someone can “test” violations of federal...more
Settles Federal Charges PNM’s Policies and Practices Discriminated Against Its Employees With Disabilities - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Public Service Company of New Mexico and PNMR Services Co. will pay $750,000 to settle an...more
A claim of retaliation can be successful even when the original claim of discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information fails to establish a violation of law....more
A high-level IT worker who claimed he was discriminated against because of his medical condition was not entitled to a jury trial or monetary damages for his retaliation claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)....more
The Americans with Disabilities Act does not require employers to ignore or excuse serious violations of their rules of conduct. For example, an employee who brings a weapon to work in violation of the employer’s policy...more