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Showing posts with label disability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disability. Show all posts
Thursday, March 23, 2023

EEOC Reports That They Recovered Record High Amount of $513 Million in Compensation for Victims of Discrimination in 2022

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently released its 2022 Annual Performance Report , revealing that it collected a...
Tuesday, January 03, 2023

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Passed into Law

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As part of funding the federal government on December 29, 2022, by way of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, President Biden signed ...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

Notice of Tenants' Rights to Reasonable Modifications and Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities

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On March 16, 2022, the NYS Division of Human Rights published Revised Rule Making, HRT-15-21-00005-RP  (proposed 19 NYCRR 466.15), with resp...
Wednesday, February 09, 2022

New York Establishes Office of the Advocate for People with Disabilities

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New law establishes Office of the Advocate for People with Disabilities. The Office assures that disabled people are afforded the opportuni...
Monday, January 10, 2022

New Workers' Compensation Law Allows for Attorneys' Fees

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A new law  seeks to reduce bias against injured workers in low-income brackets who cannot afford attorneys' fees. New York's Workers...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Fake News Alert - TX & Abbott with Employer Anti-Vaccine Mandate

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Everywhere you look, the media is saying TX isn't permitting employer vaccine mandates, but that is NOT what is happening. To be clear, ...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Landlords with Elevators - What do you do for disabled people during outages?

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The MTA needs to explain what reasonable accommodations it made for passengers with disabilities to access the subways during its frequent a...
Thursday, July 01, 2021

Court Rules Short Term Injuries Now Qualify As Disabilities Under ADA

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Many more disability lawsuits are anticipated after the 2nd Circuit ruled that temporary injuries qualify as disabilities under ADA.  An inj...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Proposed Regulation as to Notice of Tenants’ Rights to Reasonable Modifications and Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities

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We just got some guidance from the State as to a law that became effective March 2, 2021 about noticing tenants of their rights to reasonabl...
Friday, December 11, 2020

NYS Human Rights Event on Discrimination & COVID-19

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On Tuesday December 15, 2020 at 12:30PM, the NYS Division of Human Rights is hosting a virtual event about discrimination and COVID-19.  The...
Thursday, December 10, 2020

Service Animals, Not Emotional Support Animals, on Airplanes - The Law is Changing on January 11, 2021

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The US Department of Transportation just added a new wrinkle into your post-pandemic travel plans if you have an emotional support animal. A...
Thursday, July 02, 2020

5 Step Process For Employers/Landlords to Protect Against Disability Discrimination Lawsuits for Failure to Accommodate

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A recent New York State, Appellate Division case ( Hosking v. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center ) serves as a reminder to employers and...
Friday, May 15, 2020

Victim of Domestic Violence experiencing PTSD deemed Disabled and entitled to Reasonable Accommodation under ADA

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In a recent New York City Civil Court decision, the Court held that disability due to domestic violence can entitle a tenant to a reasonab...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Governor Cuomo Announces Legislation Providing Paid Leave and Job Protection to Employees

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On Tuesday March 17, 2020, Governor Cuomo announced that the New York State legislature has agreed to paid sick leave and other protectio...