Earlier this month, federal officials revealed that they have received a record number of claims dealing with workplace disability-based discrimination. According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), charges of workplace bias, based on disability, hit an all-time high for the second year in a row. In 2016, there were nearly 30,000 charges connected… Read More
2016, Home-improvement giant, On May 13, Lowe’s, agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to the lawsuit, Lowe’s violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination against people with disabilities by firing them… Read More
Disabled job applicants who disclose their disabilities in cover letters and résumés are far more likely to be the targets of discrimination in the hiring process than other job applicants, a recent study has revealed. This study, headed up by researchers at Rutgers and Syracuse universities, has been lauded for its groundbreaking methods of assessing… Read More