Court Rules Employers Must Reassign Disabled Workers to Vacant Jobs
A federal appeals court has revived an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit against United Airlines Inc., and said U.S. law generally requires employers to reassign disabled workers to...
View ArticleAbused Disabled Iowa Plant Workers Awarded $240M
A Texas company has been ordered to pay $240 million in damages to 32 mentally disabled workers who formerly worked at the company’s turkey processing plant in Iowa for what government lawyers...
View ArticleCap Forces Judge to Slash Landmark $240M EEOC Verdict to $1.6M
A judge has slashed a landmark $240 million verdict to $1.6 million for 32 mentally disabled workers in Iowa who suffered years of abuse by their caretakers. U.S. Senior Judge Charles Wolle entered...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Decide UPS Workplace Pregnancy Accommodation Dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court will use a case involving United Parcel Service Inc. to decide whether pregnant employees can be denied accommodations such as light duty when other workers with disabilities...
View ArticleDisabled Workers Paid Less Than Minimum Wage Sue Non-Profit for Wage Theft
A New Mexico non-profit that’s assembled gift bags for the Oscars and Grammys is facing a class action lawsuit brought by disabled employees who say it pays as little as 18 cents an hour. The suit is...
View ArticleNew York Accuses Amazon of Discriminating Against Pregnant and Disabled Workers
The New York State Division of Human Rights has filed a complaint against Amazon.com Inc. accusing the online retailer of discriminating against pregnant and disabled workers at its worksites, Governor...
View ArticleInjured Worker Upheld in Refusing Suitable Return Job Because He Opposed...
It was reasonable for an injured employee who is returning to work to refuse a job that accommodated his disability because he had personal and religious objections to getting a COVID-19 vaccine. The...
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