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Category Archives: Discrimination
EEOC Issues Updated Guidance Regarding Specific Disabilities
“Nearly 34 million Americans have been diagnosed with cancer, diabetes, or epilepsy, and more than 2 million have an intellectual disability . . . . Many of them are looking for jobs or are already in the workplace.” EEOC Chair … Continue reading
Timing is Everything!
Timing of a disciplinary or adverse action against an employee is important in avoiding litigation. If an adverse employment action is on the heels of an employee’s engagement in a protected activity (such as filing a claim with the MCAD), … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Emotional Distress, Retaliation
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Recent Federal Case Underscores the Importance of Supervisory Training
A recent decision of our federal appellate court serves as a reminder that supervisors are the company’s first line of defense and, therefore, underscores the importance of investing in adequate supervisory training. In Acevedo-Parrilla, et al. v. Novartis Ex-Lax, Inc., … Continue reading
Posted in Age, Discrimination
Tagged ADEA, Age, age discrimination, First Circuit, pretext
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MCAD Awards One of the Largest Emotional Distress Recoveries in Its History
The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination hit Office Max with $300,000 in emotional distress damages in a recent retaliation case. Office Max claimed that the Complainant, a 13 year employee of Office Max, was terminated due to insufficient sales numbers and … Continue reading
Not All Injuries are Disabilities!
The American’s with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) has left many employers asking: “What doesn’t qualify as a disability?” A recent Massachusetts case offers one example of when an injury, at least under these facts, is not a disability/handicap. The … Continue reading
Posted in ADA, Discrimination
Tagged ADAA, American’s with Disabilities Amended Act, disability, handicap, Police Academy, poor performance
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Medical Marijuana Laws
On October 1, 2012, Connecticut will become the seventeenth state to legalize medical use of marijuana. Under this new law, Connecticut residents with a diagnosed debilitating medical condition such as cancer, glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, damage to … Continue reading
Posted in ADA, Discrimination, FMLA
Tagged AIDS, cachexia, cancer, Crohn’s disease, damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity, epilepsy, glaucoma, HIV, Medical Marijuana Laws, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, posttraumatic stress disorder, wasting syndrome
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