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6 Nov 2019, 6:27 am by Bob Kraft
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Other Resources Even though it was signed into law nearly three decades ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, remains a piece of legislation that needs to be regularly discussed. [read post]
29 Oct 2019, 12:24 pm by Patrick A. Malone
Industry analysts and patient advocates alike were stunned when drug maker Biogen reversed itself and announced that it would seek federal Food and Drug Administration approval for aducanumab, which the New York Times reported “is a monoclonal antibody, an expensive type of drug that attaches to specific proteins in order to disable them. [read post]
23 Oct 2019, 6:12 pm by Jon L. Gelman
Union contracts also give employees more leverage in accommodating a disability beyond what they have under the Americans with Disabilities Act. [read post]
21 Oct 2019, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
” There was no connection, the majority claimed, between the “excluded disability and gender. [read post]
21 Oct 2019, 12:41 pm by Gordon Ahl, William Ford
.: The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing titled, "The Betrayal of Our Syrian Kurdish Partners: How Will American Foreign Policy and Leadership Recover? [read post]
20 Oct 2019, 7:15 am by Kate Cox
Internet and Web users with disabilities, as well as advocates for accessible design, are breathing a sigh of relief. [read post]
13 Oct 2019, 7:53 pm
Three years ago I entered the fight of my life. [read post]
13 Oct 2019, 7:53 pm
Three years ago I entered the fight of my life. [read post]
13 Oct 2019, 7:53 pm
Three years ago I entered the fight of my life. [read post]
13 Oct 2019, 7:53 pm
Three years ago I entered the fight of my life. [read post]
13 Oct 2019, 6:53 pm
Three years ago I entered the fight of my life. [read post]
10 Oct 2019, 8:13 am
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) (877-426-2838) Offers a transportation assistance program. [read post]
9 Oct 2019, 1:20 pm
TENG Biao– Constitution as Battlefield: Regime, Law and Human RightsTREVASKES Susan– Deepening Reform in China’s Criminal Justice System: The Case of ‘Trial Centeredness’UPHAM Frank– From Demsetz to Deng: The Impact of Forty Years of Chinese Growth on Property TheoryWANG Alex– On the Evolution on Chinese Environmental Law and GovernanceWANG Liming– A Separate Book of Personality Rights in Chinese Civil CodeWANG Xixin– An American Tree… [read post]
8 Oct 2019, 7:00 am by Public Employment Law Press
Domino Pizza, 913 F. 3d 898,*  the United States Court of Appeals held  that Title III of the American With Disabilities Act applies to websites maintained by entities having a physical place of public accommodation.The United States Supreme Court [Docket 18-1539] denied Domino Pizza's motion for certiorari suggesting that the case will be returned to the District Court for a trial on the merits.Many disability rights advocates view the Supreme… [read post]
8 Oct 2019, 7:00 am by Public Employment Law Press
Domino Pizza, 913 F. 3d 898,*  the United States Court of Appeals held  that Title III of the American With Disabilities Act applies to websites maintained by entities having a physical place of public accommodation.The United States Supreme Court [Docket 18-1539] denied Domino Pizza's motion for certiorari suggesting that the case will be returned to the District Court for a trial on the merits.Many disability rights advocates view the Supreme… [read post]
8 Oct 2019, 4:07 am by Edith Roberts
” At Take Care, Aaron Tang explains why “[p]ermitting employers to discriminate against LGBT employees would open to the door to the same kind of discrimination against millions of Americans of faith. [read post]
5 Oct 2019, 4:00 am by Public Employment Law Press
In New York, this office is within the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) and serves as an advocate and resource for the elderly and persons with disabilities who live in long-term care (LTC) facilities.Among their duties, ombudsmen identify, investigate and resolve complaints made by or on behalf of residents. [read post]
5 Oct 2019, 4:00 am by Public Employment Law Press
In New York, this office is within the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) and serves as an advocate and resource for the elderly and persons with disabilities who live in long-term care (LTC) facilities.Among their duties, ombudsmen identify, investigate and resolve complaints made by or on behalf of residents. [read post]
25 Sep 2019, 3:58 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
WHD estimates that the increase in the salary threshold implemented by the final rule will make 1.2 million additional workers entitled to minimum wage and overtime pay and that an additional 101,800 workers will be entitled to overtime pay as a result of the increase to the HCE compensation level.Under the final rule, beginning January 1, 2020, the salary threshold amount for the White Collar Exemption will increase from $455 per week to $684 per week.In addition to these changes in the White… [read post]
23 Sep 2019, 10:37 am by Rebecca Tushnet
The FBI defines “hate group” as, “An organization whose primary purpose is to promote animosity, hostility, and malice against persons of or with a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity which differs from that of the members or the organization, e.g., the Ku Klux Klan, American Nazi Party. [read post]