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Report Link Two Players Blitz NFL With ADA Lawsuits.Fisher & Phillips, LLP - October 04, 2007 The National Football League is used to dealing with players with injuries – sprained muscles, concussions, broken limbs and bruised ribs are a daily part of life with football players. But recently, two players with a different kind of medical problem have filed lawsuits against the NFL. They are the first players to allege that the NFL is discriminating against them because of an unfair perception that they are alcoholics. Report Link Diabetes and the ADA.Helms Mulliss & Wicker - February 23, 2007 On January 5, 2007, a federal court in Minnesota ruled that a sales employee diagnosed with Type I diabetes while working for Nordstrom Inc. was entitled to a jury trial on her claim that the company failed to make reasonable accommodations for her disabling condition and constructively discharged her. Report Link Sixth Circuit Rejects Dockworkers ADA Claim (pdf).Ogletree Deakins - February 01, 2007 Finds workers obesity is not a protected "impairment". Report Link Federal Courts Continue to Weigh In On Whether Severe Obesity is a Disability Protected by the ADA.Helms Mulliss & Wicker - October 12, 2006 A federal court of appeals recently found that morbid obesity – typically defined as twice the normal body weight – is not in and of itself a disability protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This ruling is consistent with some prior federal court decisions on obesity-related ADA claims. However, many federal courts have concluded that morbid or severe obesity is or can be a disability protected under the ADA. Report Link How Employers Can Live With Cancer in the Workplace.Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP. - April 17, 2006 According to the American Cancer Society, about 1.4 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed each year. The National Cancer Institute estimates that approximately 9.6 million Americans with a history of cancer were alive in January 2000. Despite these depressing statistics, the rate of cancer survivorship for a period of five years after diagnosis has increased from 50% to 64% in the last twenty years. Because about 40% of those diagnosed with cancer are of working-age, this means employers are dealing in increasing numbers with cancer in the workplace. Report Link EEOC Provides Guidance on Vision Impairments in the Workplace (pdf).Vedder Price - January 06, 2006 On October 24, 2005, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission published “Questions & Answers About
Blindness and Vision Impairments in the Workplace and
the Americans with Disabilities Act.” This guide, the
fifth in a series addressing various disabilities, provides
information about vision impairments and examples of
how the ADA’s standards apply. Report Link EEOC Issues Questions & Answers about Cancer and the ADA.Jackson Lewis LLP - August 31, 2005 Marking the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, on July 26, 2005, the EEOC issued a series of questions and answers addressing the ADA's application to individuals in the workplace who have, or have had, cancer. This is the fourth question and answer document issued by the EEOC addressing particular disabilities in the workplace. Earlier Q&A documents addressed the ADA's application to individuals with diabetes, epilepsy, and intellectual disabilities. Report Link EEOC Publishes Guidance On Cancer As A Disability (pdf).Vedder Price - August 29, 2005 On July 26, 2005, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission published “Questions & Answers About
Cancer in the Workplace and the Americans with
Disabilities Act.” This guide, the EEOC’s fourth in a
series addressing various disabilities, provides information
about cancer and examples of how the ADA’s standards
may apply to individuals who have or have had cancer. Report Link Questions and Answers About Diabetes in the Workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - October 30, 2003 The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. Title I of the ADA covers employment by private employers with 15 or more employees as well as state and local government employers. The Rehabilitation Act provides similar protections related to federal employment. In addition, most states have their own laws prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of disability. Some of these state laws may apply to smaller employers and provide protections in addition to those available under the ADA. Report Link To Show a Disability, Monocular Employee Must Show Impairment Prevents Or Severely Restricts Use Of Eyesight Compared To Unimpaired IndividualsBallard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt - November 01, 2002 The Ninth Circuit ruled several monocular employees who wanted to drive trucks but who were not qualified to do so under the company's "vision protocol," were not disabled because monocular vision does not substantially limit major life activities. Report Link Third Circuit Holds That Pneumonia is Temporary and Nonchronic and, Therefore Is Not A "Disability" Under The ADA. Nor Was The Employee "Regarded As" Disabled.Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt - July 01, 2002 A federal appellate court held pneumonia is temporary and nonchronic, and therefore is not a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Report Link Accommodation Ideas.Job Accommodation Network - (No Date) Consultants from the Job Accommodation Network have compiled several ideas for accommodating individuals with particular disabilities, ranging from AIDS to Wheelchair Users.
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