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Article Index » disability discrimination » mental disabilities
Report Link Mental Health Parity Act Included in Economic Stimulus Package.
Ford & Harrison LLP - October 09, 2008
The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 was signed into law by President Bush on October 3, as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.
Report Link New EEOC Publication Addresses Thorny ADA Issues.
Barker Olmsted & Barnier - October 06, 2008
What happens when an employee with a mental disability misbehaves in the workplace? If the mental disability causes the employee to misbehave and violate workplace conduct rules, can the employer discipline the employee?
Report Link 9th Circuit Gives Violent Behavior ADA Protection.
Fisher & Phillips, LLP - March 30, 2007
When do ADA protections for the mentally disabled trump the rights of other employees to a safe workplace? The 9th Circuit provides some guidance.
Report Link Mind over matter: questions about intellectual disabilities.
Jones Walker - April 21, 2005
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC), an estimated 2.5 million people in the United States have intellectual disabilities; that’s about one percent of the entire population.
Report Link EEOC Offers Guidance on Intellectual Disabilities Under the ADA (pdf).
Vedder Price - January 28, 2005
In October 2004 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission published “Questions & Answers About Persons with Intellectual Disabilities in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act.”
Report Link EEOC Issues New Guidance on Hiring Workers with Intellectual Disabilities.
Littler Mendelson, P.C. - November 10, 2004
In October of this year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published new guidance addressing the issues employers face in hiring, accommodating, and preventing harassment of employees with intellectual disabilities.
Report Link Jury Finds Pizza Chain Violated the ADA for Firing a Mentally Retarded Employee.
Jackson Lewis LLP - March 01, 2000
Discussion of EEOC v. CEC Entertainment, Inc., dba Chuck E. Cheese Pizza, No. 98-C-698-X (WD Wis, 2000), in which the court upheld a jury award for a mentally retarded janitor.
Report Link Psychiatric Disabilities and the ADA.
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - (No Date)
Chapter 5 from "Sharing the Dream: Is the ADA Accommodating All?"; lengthy discussion of mental disabilities under the ADA, including coverage issues, accommodation, direct threat, and EEOC Guidance.
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