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Sun Life Financial Inc | USA | 10 Aug 2017
Another victory for medical marijuana users at work!
On 8/8/17, a federal district court judge in Connecticut concluded that federal law does not preempt a Connecticut state statute that prohibits…
Sun Life Financial Inc | USA | 17 Jul 2017
Costs of not properly accommodating PTSD and military leave include $7.8 million jury verdict.
On July 13, 2017, Volvo North America won a pyrrhic victory in an ADA/USERRA discrimination case. Specifically, after years of costly litigation, a $7…
Sun Life Financial Inc | USA | 9 Jul 2017
Sensient Pays $800,000 to settle ADA claim because of Inflexible Leave/Accommodation Policy
The EEOC announced on 6/30/17 that Sensient Natural Ingredients, a division of Sensient Technologies, has agreed to pay up to $800,000 and also…
Sun Life Financial Inc | USA | 26 Jun 2017
Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD/ADHD) and the ADA
A recent decision by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) awarding approximately $325,000 in damages to a long-service employee…
Sun Life Financial Inc | USA | 14 Jun 2017
Forced Medical Leave and the ADA
Employers sometimes ask whether or not they can offer a leave of absence to an employee instead of agreeing to a worksite accommodation that the…
Sun Life Financial Inc | USA | 31 May 2017
Transfers to Future Job Positions as ADA Accommodations
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals recently addressed whether or not employers must consider job positions that may become open in the future as…
Sun Life Financial Inc | USA | 31 May 2017
Gender Identity Disorder & the ADA
A federal district court judge in Pennsylvania recently decided that an individual with gender identity disorder had a protected disability under the…
Sun Life Financial Inc | USA | 22 May 2017
Employer-mandated vaccinations and the ADA
A recent case sheds some light on a trending social issue - an individual's reluctance to be vaccinated because of fears of adverse reactions. A…
Sun Life Financial Inc | USA | 8 May 2017
Employers Beware: $750,000 damages for failure to advise disabled employee of life insurance conversion process
A federal district court recently awarded $750,000 in damages to the wife of a deceased former employee of WellStar Health System because her…
Sun Life Financial Inc | USA | 4 May 2017
Facebook posts of trips to St. Martin & Busch Gardens on FMLA leave: Abuse or not?
On April 19, 2017, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed summary judgment for an employer on an FMLA retaliation claim. The district court had…
