Posts Tagged Americans with Disabilities Act

he 'surf shack' Hollister storefront at Park Meadows Mall in Lone Tree, Colorado. (Via The Colorado Independent).

Federal judge: Abercrombie brand Hollister violating Disabilities Act

By | 05.20.13 | 10:42 am

This story was originally published by The Colorado Independent.
A Denver-based federal judge has ruled that the entrances to hundreds of Hollister More… stores nationwide violate the Americans With Disabilities Act.

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Justice Dept. cautions states about occupational discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS

By Lynda Waddington | 04.20.11 | 10:28 am | More from The Iowa Independent

The U.S. Department of Justice issued letters to the attorneys general of all 50 states as well as U.S. territories in hopes of ending the exclusion of individuals with HIV and AIDS, covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, from occupational training and state licensing.
The ADA provides federal civil More…

In August 2010, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin met with several of the men who were previously employed by Henry's Turkey Service.

Federal discrimination suit filed against Hill Country Farms

By Lynda Waddington | 04.06.11 | 6:12 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

The government isn’t finished with a Texas-based company that employed mentally disabled workers in Iowa.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa against Hill Country Farms, a Goldthwaite, Texas company that did business as Henry’s Turkey Service More…

A parking lot in Pigeon Ford, Tenn. Photo: Joe Shlabotnik, Flickr

New regulations to add millions to pool of those protected by Americans with Disabilities Act

By | 03.29.11 | 11:58 am

Come May, employers will be required to provide accommodations for a new range of issues and diseases that have recently been given the distinction of “disability” after an update to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last week published the guidelines More… as to how to define