by Girish Anand | Jul 26, 2011 | EEOC
In a recent informal discussion letter, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) suggested that employers who maintain both personal health information (PHI) and occupational health information in a single employee file are probably violating the privacy...
by Girish Anand | Jul 6, 2011 | EEOC
In June the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held hearings on leave as a reasonable accommodation for employees with disabilities, warning that inflexible company policies would incur EEOC legal wrath, and today that warning turned into reality as...
by Girish Anand | May 23, 2011 | EEOC
Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of a disability and requires employers to accommodate a qualified individual’s physical or mental impairment in the workplace, unless such accommodation...
by Girish Anand | May 9, 2011 | EEOC
Both the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1974 contain privacy protection for employees and their company-retained medical records, but a narrow exception in these acts allows for the release of such information if requested...
by Girish Anand | May 4, 2011 | EEOC
In an approach similar to class-action lawsuits, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is now pursuing what it calls Class Charges—disability and age discrimination claims that deal with multiple employees in one location or spread out...