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• EEOC Gets Jury Vote against Army-Navy Surplus Co. for Failing to Accommodate Employee with Epilepsy

  A jury has voted in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a disability discrimination lawsuit against Western Trading Company, Inc. The Denver, CO-based company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it allegedly fired an employee because of his epilepsy. The jury found that the company failed to provide reasonable accommodations for the employee and fired him, despite having medical releases from the employee's doctor.

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• AutoZone Settles Lawsuit for Not Accommodating Employee with Back Impairment

  AutoZone, Inc. has settled a lawsuit for disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had first filed suit in 2007 against the Illinois-based auto parts company for requiring an employee with a back impairment to mop floors. The U.S. Court of Appeals made a final ruling to uphold the judgment against AutoZone. Under the ADA, employers must provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities.

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• Medical Practice to Settle Lawsuit for Not Accommodating Employee with Crohn's Disease

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has charged University of Maryland Faculty Physicians, Inc. with disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). An employee at the Baltimore, MD-based medical practice had to take medical leave due to her disability, Crohn’s disease. When she asked the practice for additional leave as a reasonable accommodation, she was fired. The practice has agreed to train its staff on the ADA.

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• Engineering & Consulting Company Settles Lawsuit for Refusing to Hire Applicant with Disability

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has charged RCC Consultants, Inc. with disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The New Jersey-based telecommunications engineering and consulting company took back a job offer made to an applicant with an eye condition, ocular albinism, when they learned he does not drive. The applicant was fully qualified to perform the duties of the managing consultant position for which he was hired.

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• Justice Department Settles with Eating Disorder Treatment Center over HIV Discrimination

  The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a settlement agreement with the Castlewood Treatment Center LLC of St. Louis, MO. Castlewood allegedly violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by refusing to treat a woman with an eating disorder because she has HIV. Under the settlement, Castlewood must train its staff on the ADA and develop an anti-discrimination policy.

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• Security Firm Sued for Retaliation & Firing Employee with Missing Arm

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged Florida Commercial Security Services, Corp., doing business as Florida Construction Security Services, with disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The company allegedly fired an employee for not wearing his prosthetic arm and then retaliated against him because he filed a discrimination charge. The EEOC is trying to get compensation for the former employee and prevent the company from further discriminatory practices.

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• 2013 ADA National Symposium

  The 16th annual Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) National Symposium will take place in San Antonio, TX from May 12 to 15, 2013. Sessions will include current information on employment, communication, transportation, emergency preparedness and the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design.

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• DOJ Charges Five with Multiple Crimes in Holding Individuals Captive to Steal Social Security Disability Payments

  The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged five people with allegedly taking advantage of individuals with mental disabilities to steal their Social Security benefits. The group is charged with racketeering, murder, hate crimes, forced labor, theft and other crimes. The indictment also alleges that two female captives were forced to engage in prostitution. The victims in this case were promised a comfortable place to live in exchange for letting one of the people involved take over their Social Security disability payments.

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• Settlement Reached with Senior Care Provider that Failed to Provide Sign Language Interpreter

  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has reached a settlement agreement with Genesis HealthCare (Genesis) for failing to provide a sign language interpreter to a resident. Instead, the staff at Genesis’ skilled nursing facility in Randallstown, MD relied on written notes and gestures to communicate. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires facilities to take appropriate steps to make sure there is effective communication, including with people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

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• Travel Company to Settle Harrassment & Retaliation Lawsuit against Employee with Rheumatoid Arthritis & Co-Worker

  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had charged Kintetsu International Express (USA), Inc. with disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Hawaii-based company allegedly harassed an employee because of her malignant rheumatoid arthritis. It also unlawfully retaliated against another employee who tried to protect the harassed employee. Both workers were forced to resign for reporting the harassment. The company has agreed to train its staff on the ADA.

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