FedEx's most affordable shipping service has agreed to pay a stiff price to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit. FedEx Ground has agreed to pay $3.3 million and make company-wide changes as part of the settlement.The shipping giant was accused of denying...
Month: May 2020
You don’t have to fight for long-term disability benefits alone
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance is a safety net that is supposed to catch you if you can no longer work due to a disabling illness or injury. But when the insurance company rejects your LTD claim, you face potentially catastrophic financial and health...
Does long-term disability insurance cover mental illnesses?
Our mental health can have a large impact on our overall health and wellness, and it is critical to recognize that mental illnesses affect more people than many might think. The National Institute of Mental Health reports that roughly one in five adults have a mental...
Former Milwaukee health official settles race discrimination suit
Patricia McManus got off to a rocky start as interim Milwaukee Health Commissioner after her appointment in early 2018 after she told a local radio audience that "the science was still out" on whether vaccines cause autism. The Journal Sentinel reported at the time...
Wisconsin police department settles race discrimination lawsuit
Wisconsin is bordered in the east by Milwaukee and Lake Michigan and in the west by the Mississippi River and La Crosse. According to news reports, the city recently settled a former police officer's race discrimination lawsuit for $83,000.Nathan M. Poke alleged in...
Part II: Age discrimination could become tougher to prove
In a previous Milwaukee employment law blog post, we wrote about Babb v Wilkie, an age discrimination case heard in January by the U.S. Supreme Court. The lawsuit was filed by a Veterans Affairs pharmacist (Babb) who alleged she was denied an opportunity to advance...