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October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month and Seeking Work Accommodations.
Posted October 2014 in Disability by Andrea C. Farney
National Disability Employment Awareness Month is held every October and is supported by the Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP). When you have a disability... read more »
back to topAffording Equal Access to Justice: The lawyer's responsibility to clients with disabilities.
Posted May 2014 in Disability by Andrea C. Farney
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires attorneys to provide equal access to potential clients with disabilities. This means a lawyer has a legal duty to take steps to remove barriers... read more »
back to topAddressing Race and Color Employment Discrimination: The Basics.
Posted February 2014 in Race Discrimination by Andrea C. Farney
Employers should not treat workers differently because of the worker’s race. In some cases the unequal treatment can lead to a discrimination claim in court. Title VII of the Civil R... read more »
back to topRemain eligible for unemployment compensation: Don't call your boss a liar.
Posted January 2014 in Unemployment Compensation by Andrea C. Farney
When your boss tells you something untrue about your job performance you should be careful how you respond or you might jeopardize your unemployment compensation. It is natural to be upset, espe... read more »
back to topInability to drive your own car may not disqualify you from unemployment compensation
Posted October 2013 in Unemployment Compensation by Andrea C. Farney
An employer can require a worker to have their own transportation for a job, but the worker will not be denied unemployment compensation if she made reasonable efforts to maintain the car and could no... read more »
back to topSchools not constitutionally required to stop bullying
Posted August 2013 in Civil Rights by Andrea C. Farney
At the end of the 2013 school year the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision closing the door on using the U.S. Constitution to protect children from school bullying. In Morrow v. Bal... read more »
back to topNew EEOC Information for Employees with Cancer, Diabetes, Epilepsy and Intellectual Disabilities
Posted May 2013 in Disability by Andrea C. Farney
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) helps protect the rights of workers with qualifying disabilities. First passed in 1990, the ADA prohibits certain employers from depriving a person with a dis... read more »
back to topRacial profiling is unconstitutional and ineffective police work.
Posted March 2013 in Civil Rights by Andrea C. Farney
When a police officer targets an individual because of the color of their skin, i.e. “racial profiling,” that officer violates the individual’s Fourteenth Amendment right. Such... read more »
back to topFirst Amendment protects citizen's right to videotape police officers.
Posted January 2013 in Civil Rights by Andrea C. Farney
Remember how crucial the Rodney King videotape was in the prosecution of the LA police officers who beat up Mr. King? But for the private citizen’s catching the officer’s actions on ... read more »
back to topNational Disability Employment Awareness Month
Posted October 2012 in Disability by Andrea C. Farney
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), held each October, is a national campaign sponsored by the Office of Disability Employment Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor. The pur... read more »
back to topTake Note: What you say when you call off of work does matter if you want Family Medical Leave Act Protection
Posted August 2012 in Family Medical Leave by Andrea C. Farney
Give your employer sufficient detail concerning a serious health condition and the need for you to care for your family member. That’s the takeaway from Lichtenstein v. University of Pitts... read more »
back to topYou might have a federal case when a public employee discloses private things about you
Posted June 2012 in Civil Rights by Andrea C. Farney
The U.S. Supreme Court has found certain constitutional “zones of privacy” that are rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment. The first privacy interest is the “individual interest i... read more »
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