The Americans with Disabilities Act may be broadened by the Department of Justice to include the Internet and the ability of individuals with disabilities to access websites. When the Americans with Disabilities Act was crafted and then passed in 1990 the Internet was...
Month: January 2011
Public school’s business manager settles with school under FMLA
A public school district in Michigan has recently settled a wrongful termination lawsuit with its former business manager. The school's former business manager brought the suit under the Family Medical Leave Act and charged the public school did not abide by the 12...
Officer Claims No Accommodations Were Made for her Disability
A police officer is claiming that her department did not make reasonable accommodations for her during her at-risk pregnancy. Now the department could be facing a lawsuit.The officer, who has been with the department for close to seven years, claims that when she was...
New Study Exposes Wage Violations for Day Laborers
A recent study conducted by the Seton Hall Law School Center for Social Justice has found that day laborers more often than not experience wage and hour law violations, a lack of proper safety equipment and other labor law violations made by employers. The study...
Healthcare Services Company Fired Worker Who Had Cancer
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Maxim Healthcare Services for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act after the company fired a 43-year-old mother who was fighting brain cancer and wanted to continue to work as she fought her battle against...
High Marks for State Family Medical Leave Program
The state of California's family medical leave program is getting high marks from researchers who have studied the law since its passage almost a decade ago. The state of California's family medical leave program compliments the federal Family Medical Leave Act and...
EEOC Sees Spike in Job Discrimination Claims
Over the last year the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has received the greatest amount of complaints in its entire history. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cites the state of the economy and a more diverse workforce as the central factors that...
Jewel-Osco Settles Lawsuit Brought Under Americans with Disabilities Act
Supervalu Inc., the corporate parent, of the supermarket chain Jewel-Osco has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by former employees under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The parent of Jewel-Osco has agreed to pay $3.2 million for allegedly discriminating against...
Collecting Social Security disability from a deceased or divorced spouse
Many times people wonder if they are entitled to any Social Security benefits from their deceased or divorced spouse. Whether they are interested in retirement or disability benefits, if the marriage lasted at least 10 years, there is a possibility that the surviving...
Are You Eligible for Unemployment Insurance Benefits?
Unemployment benefits, otherwise known as Unemployment Insurance (UI) or Unemployment Compensation (UC), are typically available to workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own. In Wisconsin, due to the recent expiration of certain extensions and the...