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DUNKIN' sells about 60 cups of coffee every second. That works out to be about 2bn cups a year. The coffee-and-doughnut chain brags there are 25,000 ways to order coffee [...]

There were 6,550 disability discrimination claims at employment tribunals last year, a 37% rise on the year before (4,770), according to Ministry of Justice figures. The https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/785727/Tribunals_CSV.zip represents a growth [...]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released information concerning resolution of legal actions against two multifamily housing complexes in North and South Carolina. In North Carolina, the DOJ resolved a [...]

Does the United Kingdom Court of Appeal's judgment in Jones v Post Office [2001] EWCA Civ 558, [2001] I.C.R. 805, [2001] I.R.L.R. 384 represent a watering down of the defense [...]

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams (1)--In an unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held that the proper standard for assessing whether an individual is substantially limited in performing manual [...]

I. INTRODUCTION A. MCNEIL V. TIME INSURANCE CO. (1) In the spring of 1994, Michael McNeil purchased a self-funded life and health insurance policy for his small business from Time [...]

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of a disability for many private businesses--including daycare centers (with the exception of church-operated programs). This means that child [...]

A police marksman has taken*two police forces to an employment*tribunal after being removed*from his post after he failed a hearing*test.Bruce Shields had worked as a*firearms officer with partial hearing*for 16 [...]

When Jeff Kapche, 41, was denied a job at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he was no stranger to the obstacles that people with diabetes can face. He had already [...]

In Ogborn v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local No. 881, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that while major depression can constitute a disability [...]

The jury found that Chuck E. Cheese violated the employment provisions of the ADA by discriminating against Donald when they fired him due to his disability; and they let Chuck [...]

â âOccupational health has come under the spotlight in two recent employment tribunals, with a chef's serious nut allergy and a worker's severe eczema both being classed as a disability [...]

Mental health in the workplace is something that many employers struggle with and continues to be a taboo subject. The recent case of Crisp v Iceland Foods Ltd ET/1604478/11 is [...]

The Isle of Wight Council's increase in eligibility thresholds for adult care this year was unlawful, it was ruled today, in a judgement today that 'sends a very clear message' [...]

Isle of Wight Council faces a legal challenge over its decision to raise eligibility thresholds for adult care from substantial to critical. A hearing at the High Court in London [...]

mithran.samuel@rbi.co.uk Isle of Wight Council faces a legal challenge over its decision to raise its eligibility threshold for adult care, limiting access for people with substantial needs. A hearing at [...]

A dyslexic police recruit who was forced to leave his job is set to be awarded up to [pounds sterling]500,000 in compensation after winning his claims of harassment and disability [...]

OH professionals may find their expert knowledge being called into play by both sides in a disability tribunal, says Eleanor Williams. Occupational health professionals can be caught in the middle. [...]

Marino v. Dillard's Inc., June 21, 2005 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals No. 04-30911 A written agreement to resolve employment discrimination disputes via arbitration does not have to be [...]

Dillery v. City of Sandusky, Feb. 18, 2005 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Nos. 03-3465, 03-3466, 04-3314 The appeals court affirmed a ruling from the U.S. District Court for [...]

Manchester Council has been accused of breaching the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 after taking eviction action against two women with mental health problems who neighbours claimed were causing a nuisance. [...]

Complaints of workplace discrimination involving disability are the fifth largest category of cases investigated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), placing disability in about the middle of EEOC's [...]

WORKING IN RETAIL. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit on Jan. 20 charging Wal-Mart Stores Inc., for refusing to hire an applicant explicitly because of his cerebral [...]

Alandmark test case is to be brought against Ryanair and the British Airports Authority after it emerged that disabled people were being charged to use wheelchairs at Stansted Airport. The [...]

Compensation awards for disability discrimination increased by 85 per cent last year, an analysis of employment tribunal decisions shows. The average award for disability discrimination was £24,202, compared with £9,743 [...]

The UK's act requires health services to remove barriers to access and participation Discrimination on grounds of race and gender is increasingly acknowledged in medicine,[1 2] but equal attention has [...]

In Gonzales v. National Board of Medical Examiners, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that a medical student's learning impairment did not qualify as a disability [...]

CONSTITUTIONALITY OF ADA IN QUESTION Over forty cases in the past ten years have called into question Congress's power to impose the regulations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of [...]