An employer’s discrimination against an employee because they’re disabled is often indirect. Yes, it’s true that a boss might tell an employee, “I don’t like the fact that you have a disability and that’s why I’m firing you.” But this rarely happens because employers are usually smart enough not to tell someone the real reason […]
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In 2017, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services declared that the opioid crisis in the United States was a national public health emergency. This came as no surprise given how almost 450,000 people died from opioid overdoses between 1999 and 2018. Commonly abused opioids include: Oxycodone Morphine Hydrocodone Codeine Heroin Fentanyl Recent government
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If you suffer from a mental health condition, are you entitled to the same protections against discrimination that you’d be entitled to if you had a physical medical condition? Does your employer have to do anything to accommodate your condition? Do you still have the right to keep your medical condition private? Generally speaking, the
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If you are trying to conceive but struggling with infertility, there are legal protections that can help you at work. At least three federal laws may come into play. Depending on the facts of the situation, not only should these laws protect you from being fired, but you may also be entitled to take some
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Have questions about your potential legal case? Our Legal Leverage program has you covered! If you’ve applied for and been given a tentative job offer, pending a drug test, you may have mixed feelings if you take prescription medications. Though you’re happy at the prospect of a new job, you may also fear a mistake
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The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that about 20% of the population will experience a psychiatric disability during their lifetime. Given how common mental health issues are, the workplace is a common area where the needs of employees with psychiatric conditions may clash with the way management wants and needs to run an operation.
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Whether you can be fired for behavior that was caused by your disability depends on the circumstances. If you act out in a way that’s sufficiently disruptive, or if you threaten yourself or others, your employer could discipline you (up to and including termination), even if a disability is ultimately to blame. Disability discrimination law
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If you have a disability that affects your ability to work and you need to eat or drink on the job, you should ask for this as a reasonable accommodation. Due to the side effects of your medications, or to help you digest them, you may need to eat or drink. Or you may need
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Pregnancies are marvels of Mother Nature. It’s amazing how just a few seemingly simple cells can turn into the biological machine we call a human being. Given the complexity of the gestation process, it’s not surprising that pregnancy complications can occur. However, understanding that so many things could go wrong during a pregnancy doesn’t make
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Imagine you work for an employer covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Due to your ADA-recognized disability, you need to take certain medications at work and avoid certain job duties as ordered by your doctor. Despite the fact that your medication requirement or job duties restriction can be reasonably accommodated by
