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1. Reasonable Accommodation and Disparate Impact: Clean Shave Policy Discrimination in Today's Workplace.

Author

Jiang, Yucheng and Ulrich, Michael R.

Subjects
*CIVIL rights, *EMPLOYMENT discrimination, *WORK environment, *FIREFIGHTING, *CULTURE, *UNIFORMS, *DIVERSITY & inclusion policies, *PERSONAL grooming, *PRACTICAL politics, *RULES, *INSTITUTIONAL racism, *GOVERNMENT agencies, *HAIR removal, *ITCHING, *LEGAL procedure, *AFRICAN Americans, *RELIGION, *AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990, *INDUSTRIAL relations, *LAW
Abstract

This article examines Bey v. City of New York — a recent Second Circuit case where four Black firefights suffering from Pseudofolliculitis Barbae (a skin condition causing irritation when shaving which mostly affects Black men) challenged the New York City Fire Department's Clean Shave Policy — with an intersectional approach utilizing legal theories of racial, disability, and religious discrimination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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2. Membership Rights: The Individual Rights of Group Members

Author

Goldiner, Adi

Subjects
Social ethics -- Analysis, Disabled persons -- Laws, regulations and rules, Human rights -- Ethical aspects -- Models, Law, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Abstract

To back up political claims and advocate for legal rights, individuals often invoke the moral rights that they hold as members of certain groups or social categories. Yet, despite this, [...]

Published
2019
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3. Limiting occupational medical evaluations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

Author

Rothstein, Mark A., Roberts, Jessica, and Guidotti, Tee L.

Subjects
Employment discrimination -- Laws, regulations and rules, Medicine, Industrial -- Laws, regulations and rules, Discrimination against disabled persons -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Health, Law, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Abstract

Although medical care delivery by one's personal physician is the paradigmatic American healthcare arrangement, in the workplace setting, many Americans undergo medical evaluations to assess their fitness for duty or [...]

Published
2015
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4. Conundrums and Controversies in Mental Health and Illness.

Author

Epright, M. Carmela and Sade, Robert M.

Subjects
*SUBSTANCE abuse laws, *ANTIPSYCHOTIC agents, *COGNITION, *COMPULSIVE behavior, *CONFERENCES & conventions, *HOMICIDE, *MEDICAL ethics, *HEALTH policy, *MENTAL illness, *PERSONALITY disorders, *SCHIZOPHRENIA, *WILL, *PATIENTS' rights, *GOVERNMENT policy, *PATIENT refusal of treatment, *INVOLUNTARY hospitalization, *AMERICANS with Disabilities Act of 1990, *DRUG administration, *DRUG dosage, *LAW, *LEGISLATION
Abstract

Information about several papers discussed at a symposium in South Carolina on the controversies and conundrums in mental health and illness are presented. Topics include cases on criminal responsibility, refusal of medication to avoid execution, and treatment of mental illness by force. The symposium featured the papers from Joseph Bloom, Melissa McDonnell and Robert Phillips, and Howard Zonana.

Published
2010
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