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Walmart to Pay $80K, Implement Nationwide Change in Disability Reassignment Policy
Walmart Inc. will pay $80,000 and implement nationwide changes to its same-store disability reassignment policy to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit. Walmart violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to reassign a long- term employee at...
Employer to Pay $70K to End Suit Over Refusal to Consider Applicant with Injured Arm
Dolgencorp, LLC, will pay $70,000 and provide other relief to settle charges that the owner-operator of a Georgia Dollar General violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by refusing to consider an applicant with an injured arm. Dolgencorp is a Kentucky...
Average Hourly Earnings Decreased 0.2% in October, CPI Increased 0.4%
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.2 percent from September to October. This result stems from an increase of 0.2 percent in average hourly earnings combined with an increase of 0.4 percent...
Failure to Encrypt Mobile Devices Leads to $3 Million HIPAA Settlement
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has agreed to pay $3 million to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and take substantial corrective action to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance...
NLRB Takes Commonsense Approach on Work Rule Enforcement
In a recent decision, a majority of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overturned an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) finding that an employer’s confidentiality rule and media rule violated the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The NLRB concluded...
Oklahoma Court Holds That Positive Marijuana Drug Test Did Not Prove That Marijuana Caused Accident
An Oklahoma state court has held that a positive post-accident drug test for marijuana did not prove that marijuana use caused the accident, and therefore the claimant (Rose) was eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. Rose's left hand and wrist were...
Beverage Distributor to Pay $950K to settle National Origin and Race Discrimination Charges
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has reached a settlement in which Breakthru Beverage Illinois, LLC (BBI) agreed to pay $950,000 to resolve an investigation conducted by the EEOC which found reasonable cause to believe that BBI discriminated against...
Janitorial Contractor Reaches $315K Agreement to Settle Applicant Disability Bias Charges
Janitorial Services, Inc & Arbeit, Inc (JSI), a janitorial contractor located in Cleveland, Ohio, has agreed to pay $315,000 to settle disability discrimination charges filed with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC's investigation revealed...
Employers Must Provide Reasonable Accommodations Requested Based on a Religious Belief or Practice
According to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Center One, LLC, violated Title VII by refusing to provide religious accommodations for an employee's religious observance. A call center employee of the Buffalo, New York-based...
Employers Cannot Require Pre-Offer Medical Inquiries
Reliable Staffing has agreed to pay $25,000 and furnish other relief to conciliate a disability discrimination charge alleging that the Indianapolis staffing firm violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when job applicants were subjected to pre-offer...