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Ambulance service failed in duty to accommodate - manager also personally liable

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • May 10 2013

The BC Ambulance Service failed in its duty to accommodate a paramedic who could no longer palpate a pulse because of his mulitple sclerosis. The

EEOC hears call for guidance on employer wellness programs during public meeting

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 13 2013

As employers implement more aggressive and creative measures to lower health costs through wellness programs, there has been increased scrutiny as to

Don't forget about GINA

  • Miller & Martin LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 17 2013

In the midst of trying to keep straight all employer responsibilities, obligations, and pitfalls under the ADA and the FMLA, as well as a plethora of

Employer entitled to fire employee who lied about prior drug abuse and treatment on applicant medical inquiry

  • Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 12 2013

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers are not permitted to make medical inquires of applicants until after a conditional offer of

EEOC settles first case alleging genetic information bias

  • Littler Mendelson
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  • USA
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  • May 15 2013

Last week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) settled its first lawsuit involving a discrimination claim based on an applicant's

Employers beware: psychiatry's latest Diagnostic Manual (DSM-5) creates new mental disorders, expands others

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 20 2013

For 60 years psychiatrists and other mental health professionals have been using the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical

Termination “without cause” it’s not necessarily termination “without fault”

  • Epstein Becker Green
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  • USA
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  • May 1 2012

Historically, health care provider employers and employees have tended to use termination “without cause” as a proxy for termination “without fault.”

Shy bladder syndrome lawsuit reminds: applicants get reasonable accommodation

  • Barnes & Thornburg LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 6 2013

A recently filed Americans with Disabilities Act case alleges that an Iowa hospital refused to accommodate an applicant's shy bladder syndrome. The

Impairments and health professionals: what’s an employer to do?

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 13 2013

Health professionals, including physicians, dentists, nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, psychologists and social workers, are far from immune from

Hepatitis B-infected health care professionals gain stronger protection under recent DOJ settlement

  • Nossaman LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 15 2013

In March 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") settled the first lawsuit of its kind with a New Jersey medical school over claims that it