According to the CDC, approximately 83% of people under 65 who have died from COVID-19 have had an underlying medical condition such as heart disease or diabetes. That puts people with certain disabilities at serious risk. There are a lot of workers who suffer from...
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Your Employee With A Disability May Qualify For ADA Leave
If an employee requests leave from work, the first thing that comes to your mind might be the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The FMLA provides up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a medical condition, to care for a family member’s medical condition, or to...
30 Years After The ADA, More Needed For People With Disabilities
This week marks 30 years since the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed into law with strong bipartisan support. The law prohibits discrimination in employment, transportation and public accommodations against people with disabilities. Yet although the ADA...
Caution: The ADA Requires Proof Of Discriminatory Intent
If you have a disability, you still have to be able to do your job to the standards set forth for other employees. If you have not been able to do that, your discrimination claim may fail unless you have strong evidence that discrimination was the motive for any...
Does The Americans With Disabilities Act Apply To Job Applicants?
Yes. The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) requires potential employers to provide you with reasonable accommodations during the hiring process. The law also affects what can and can't be asked during the interview and pre-hiring period. Even in strong job...
Are Accommodations Only Required For Work-Related Conditions?
No. If you have a disability, the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) requires your employer to make a reasonable accommodation, as long as doing so would not create undue hardship for your employer. Undue hardship generally means significant difficulty or expense....
Facing Criticism, Walmart Will Offer Disabled Greeters New Jobs
Walmart announced recently that it plans to eliminate the position of store greeter at all U.S. stores, effective in late April. The news came as a shock to many Walmart greeters, especially those with disabilities. In the past, Walmart had been praised for providing...
‘Service’ Or ‘Emotional-Support’ Animal? What’s The Difference?
In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the number of registered service animals and emotional-support animals in the United States. But despite this spike, many people still don't know that there is a significant difference between "service" animals...
Could There Be A Pro-Disability Culture Change In Medicine?
"This profession historically has viewed themselves as able-bodied in the extreme," says a Harvard Medical School graduate who learned she had multiple sclerosis in medical school. One day, she scrubbed in for a surgery and was flatly told by the surgeon that she had...