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DOL Launches Tool to Provide Employers with Ideas for Workplace Reasonable Accommodations

October 8, 2024

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On September 30, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a new tool to assist employers in creating reasonable accommodations. Overall, the resource provides more than 700 ideas for accommodations for workers with disabilities and their employers. Previously, in September, the agency released a framework on inclusive artificial intelligence hiring and recruitment requirements.

Pharmacy Fined Over $500K in Disability and Genetic Information Discrimination Suit

June 18, 2024

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On June 14, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that a Cumberland, Maryland-based specialty pharmacy will pay $515,000 to settle a disability and genetic information discrimination case. Notably, the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) when it inquired about employee and applicant disab...

Company to Pay $750K for ADA Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

October 11, 2023

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that a New Mexico-based company will pay $750,000 for violating Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), including ADA disability discrimination and retaliation. Specifically, the EEOC’s lawsuit alleges that the company denied employees with disabilities reasonable accommodations. Additio...

October 4, 2023

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EEOC & DOL Release Disability Resource Guide

To mark the 50th Anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Labor (DOL) released a commemorative disability resource guide. The guide provides information regarding recruiting, hiring, and employing individuals with disabilities. The two agencies issued the guide specifically to explain the key roles each has in e...

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EEOC Sues Company for Disability Discrimination Against Deaf Applicant

August 22, 2023

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On August 15th, 2023, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a lawsuit against an international remote-first technology company for disability discrimination against a deaf applicant. Briefly, the suit claims that the company violated federal law when it denied the applicant their request for reasonable accommodation during an interview. Furthermore, the company refused to...

August 1, 2023

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EEOC Released Updated Guidance on Visual Disabilities and the ADA

On July 26th, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released updated guidance on how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to employees and applicants with visual disabilities. The EEOC released the guidance on the 33rd Anniversary of the ADA. Concurrently, the Biden Administration released a presidential proclamation that signaled a renewed focus on the ADA ...

Agency Shares Report That Half of ADA Accommodations Have No Cost

May 9, 2023

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Affecting those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced that a report by the Job Accommodation Network (JAN) found that nearly half of all ADA accommodations can be implemented at no cost to employers. Meanwhile, out of those reasonable accommodations that incur some cost, the median expenditure decreased compared to previous r...

March 28, 2023

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EEOC Increases Penalty for Notice Violations

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently increased the civil monetary penalty for failing to post required notices. The posting requirements apply to various equal employment opportunity laws that the EEOC implements. The penalty increase is effective immediately. Furthermore, employers should be aware that employee charges of workplace discrimination have increased in r...

January 31, 2023

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EEOC Offers Guidance for Deaf Worker Accommodations

On January 24th, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released updated guidance on how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to hearing disabilities, including accommodations for deaf people and hard-of-hearing individuals. The resource document also provides information on avoiding actions that lead to discrimination against deaf and hard-of-hearing individ...

Employer to Pay $47,000 for Disability Discrimination and Retaliation

December 28, 2022

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On December 20th, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that ISS Facility Services will pay $47,500 and provide other relief to settle disability discrimination and retaliation charges. Specifically, the charges allege that the employer failed to provide reasonable accommodations to an employee with a qualified disability. Subsequently, the employee was termina...

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