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Category: Employment and the workplace

Catalyst Family, Inc. settles EEOC charge that it fired assistant teacher instead of accommodating his disability

In response to a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigation, Catalyst Family Inc., a non-profit company that runs child development centers in California, has agreed to: Pay almost $150,000 to a former employee, Revise its non-discrimination policies and procedures, and Conduct training for all managers, recruiters, and HR personnel. The part-time employee worked for … Continued

Accommodating public safety workers

A recent article from ODEP’s Job Accommodation Network (JAN) gives examples of helpful workplace accommodations for public safety workers. These workers often have difficult, sometimes dangerous jobs. Having a disability can sometimes make this hard work even more difficult to do. For these frontline workers with disabilities, job accommodations can help them carry out their … Continued

EEOC sues Victra for discrimination due to pregnancy and perceived disability

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that Victra, the business name of ABC Phones of North Carolina and a nationwide retailer of Verizon mobile devices, violated federal law when it denied a worker’s request to leave new hire training early for an important medical appointment related to her pregnancy and withdrew her job offer. … Continued

Arizona Walmart to pay $100,000 in EEOC disability lawsuit

Walmart, Inc. will pay $100,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Walmart fired cashier Stevey Wiman from its Bullhead City, Arizona, location because she had seizures causing her to miss work. Walmart’s attendance policy allows absences to be excused for disability accommodations, … Continued

New Department of Labor tool to provide ideas for workplace accommodations

The U.S. Department of Labor has a new tool that provides access to more than 700 accommodation ideas for workers with disabilities and their employers. The “Situations and Solutions Finder” offers examples of workplace accommodations shared by users of the Job Accommodation Network, a service of the department’s Office of Disability Employment Policy. The database gets … Continued

Practices to keep persons with disabilities at federal agencies

With the 51st anniversary of Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a new report, “Retaining Persons with Disabilities in the Federal Workforce“. Based on the report’s findings and current promising practices, the EEOC recommends that agencies make sure that they have: Required reasonable accommodations (RA) … Continued

Making AI hiring tools inclusive and accessible

The Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) has a new resource, AI & Inclusive Hiring Framework. The framework helps employers use artificial intelligence (AI) tools more inclusively and reduces the risk of unintended forms of discrimination when hiring workers with disabilities. It has good information for businesses that use or plan to use hiring … Continued

New video! What NDEAM is all about

National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is almost here! It’s not too late to find out about NDEAM which celebrates the important contributions of workers with disabilities across the country and the importance of workplace inclusion year-round. To figure out how you can take part, watch the Office of Disability Employment Policy’s NDEAM video and … Continued

New resource on substance use disorder in the workplace

The Employer Assistance and Resource Network on Disability Inclusion has a new resource, Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in the Workplace. Understanding substance use in the workplace helps both employers and workers. This new resource contains: A toolkit to help employers develop recovery-ready workplace policies, A guide for employers on supporting workers with SUD, and A … Continued

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