Disney sued for alleged discrimination after changes to disability service
Following Disney’s changes to its Disability Access Service, or DAS, a California woman has filed a class-action lawsuit. In ...
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Section 504 lawsuit targeting expanded disability definition gains national attention
A lawsuit challenging the expansion of Section 504 to include gender dysphoria as a disability has drawn national attention, ...
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Disability-Related Remote Work Accommodation Requests: First COVID, then the Deluge
Many employers instituted work from home policies during the pandemic that they are now fine-tuning or rethinking. While ...
17 States Sue To End Protections For Students With Special Needs
The suit challenges a Biden administration decision that considered "gender dysphoria" a disability and goes even farther in ...
Families worry about Section 504 lawsuit, but AG Derek Brown says he will work to protect kids with disabilities
Section 504 helps provide accommodations and aid for kids in school, and also provides assistance for people with ...
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Disney Sued Over Stricter Criteria For Disability Passes
A class-action lawsuit accuses Disney of discriminating against people with disabilities after the company made major changes ...
Indiana joins federal lawsuit surrounding constitutionality of disability civil rights law
The State of Indiana has joined a lawsuit that aims to declare Section 504, a federal civil rights law that protects against ...
Case: Disability Discrimination/Hiring (E.D. Pa.)
A Pennsylvania federal court granted summary judgment to Health Network Laboratories, L.P. on the ADA claim of a phlebotomist with PTSD and anxiety that she wasn’t permanently hired for the position ...
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Reactions: Critiquing the Federal Sustainable Chemistry Strategic Plan, and encouraging accommodations for chemists with disabilities
The inclusion of diverse perspectives enables better science. A recent article in C&EN highlights some challenges of being ...
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Northern Virginia Surgery Center Pays $50,000 in EEOC Disability and Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Nonprofit Settles Federal Lawsuit Alleging It Fired an Older Worker While She Was on Medical Leave and Replaced Her With ...
Case: Disability Discrimination/Hostile Work Environment (C.D. Ill.)
An Illinois federal court granted summary judgment to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois on a hostile work environment claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act of a grounds ...