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Ballard Spahr LLP

No Job, No Application, No Lawsuit: Supreme Court Concludes Retiree Who Neither Held nor Sought Job Not “Qualified” to Bring ADA...

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Retirees experiencing changes in post-employment benefits due to disability may not be able claim disability discrimination, following a recent fractured U.S. Supreme Court decision....more

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Where’s the Fire - Are Former Employees Covered Under the ADA?

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In Stanley v. City of Sanford (June 20, 2025), the United States Supreme Court considered whether the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects former employees against disability discrimination with respect to...more

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Timing Is Everything: SCOTUS Shuts Down Retiree’s ADA Post-Employment Benefits Claim

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Do former employees have the right to sue their previous employer under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for discrimination in the administration of post-employment fringe benefits? Resolving a circuit...more

Ius Laboris

Danish High Court Takes a Strict Line on Redeployment for Disabled Person

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The Supreme Court has ruled that a disabled employee should have been considered for redeployment to another vacant position outside their place of work....more

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What New York City Employers Need to Know About The First Court Rulings in Early COVID 19 Related Workplace Litigation

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Of the more than 2,300 COVID-19-related employment lawsuits we have been tracking, many have at least one thing in common: they relate to employees who had (or suspect they had) the virus in late 2019 or early 2020 – before,...more

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N.C. Federal Court Allows Former Employee’s Disability Claims to Proceed to Trial

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A North Carolina federal trial court recently denied an employer’s request to dismiss a former employee’s disability discrimination and retaliation claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The case provides a...more

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Absolut Care to Pay $465,000 To Settle EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Suit

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Health Care Company Failed to Accommodate and Instead Fired Pregnant Employees and Employees With Disabilities, Federal Agency Charged - BUFFALO, N.Y. - Absolut Facilities Management, LLC, doing business as Absolut Care...more

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Otto Candies to Pay $165,000 to Resolve EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

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Marine Transportation Provider Fired Deckhand Because of His Recurrent Pancreatitis, Federal Agency Charged - NEW ORLEANS - Otto Candies, LLC has agreed to pay a former employee $165,000 and provide other relief to settle...more

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Court: Disabled or not, worker must be able to perform essential job functions

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The federal appeals court that covers Oklahoma recently ruled in favor of Walmart in a lawsuit filed by a disabled former employee. Disabled maintenance employee terminated after refusing to clean restrooms - Simone...more

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Nevada Employer Pays $3.5 Million To Settle “100-Percent Healed” Claim

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Nevada Employer Pays $3.5 Million To Settle “100-Percent Healed” Claim - Slots chain employer Dotty’s recently agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle litigation alleging its “100-percent-healed” policy discriminates against...more

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Food and Beverage Law Update: June 2018

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Wage and Hour - Decision Upholds Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Clauses, Resolves Circuit Split - The U.S. Supreme Court issued a long-awaited decision in Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis on May 21, 2018, holding that...more

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Pioneer Health Services to Pay $85,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

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Mississippi Health Care Company Illegally Fired Employee After She Underwent Liver Transplant Surgery, Federal Agency Charged - JACKSON, Miss. -- Pioneer Health Services, Inc., a Mississippi corporation that provides...more

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California Employment Law Notes - September 2017

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Jobseeker Website May Be Compelled To Disclose Identity Of Anonymous Posters Who Criticized Employer - ZL Technologies, Inc. v. Does 1-7, 13 Cal. App. 5th 603 (2017) - ZL Technologies brought suit, alleging libel per se and...more

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State Employment Laws That Every Virginia Employer Should Know

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Keeping track of the latest changes to federal employment laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), to name just a few, is hard...more

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