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AI

Employers may violate ADA using AI in hiring: EEOC

Employers may inadvertently violate the Americans with Disabilities Act if they use artificial intelligence to assess job applicants and employees,...
retaliation

Disability bias claim dismissed, retaliation claim reinstated

A federal appeals court on Thursday affirmed dismissal of a disability discrimination claim against a security company, but reinstated a...
Amazon

Woman sues, says Amazon.com fired her because she got ‘long COVID’

A former Amazon.com Inc. employee sued the online retailer on Monday, saying it wrongly fired her and demanded she repay...
disability

Increase in 2020 comp disability could be effect of pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic, and not necessarily infections, could explain the increase in temporary disability benefit duration workers compensation researchers found...
EEOC

Company that fired 52-year worker pays EEOC $315,000 settlement

An electric power systems provider that fired a 52-year employee who was diagnosed with cancer and sustained a broken hip...
ADA

Fired diabetic temp worker can pursue ADA case

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling and held that a temporary worker who was fired...
police

LAPD officer wins ruling on disability bias

A Los Angeles appeals court on Thursday affirmed an injured Los Angeles police officer’s claims against the LAPD of disability...
ADA

ADA suit reinstated for fired postpartum depressed worker

A federal appeals court has reinstated in a divided opinion an Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit filed by a woman...
Marwan Shiblaq

Sedgwick names president of workforce absence

Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. on Thursday appointed Marwan Shiblaq to the role of president of its workforce absence division....
World Captive Forum

Nontraditional risks increasingly addressed in cell captives

Interest in cell captives, also known as protected cell companies, is growing rapidly as more organizations look to these facilities...
EEOC

Fabrication company to settle EEOC disability suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday said a fabrication company will pay $250,000 to settle a disability discrimination...
gavel

Psychiatrist sentenced to 120 days for falsifying disability reports

Federal prosecutors announced this week that a Northern California psychiatrist was sentenced to 120 days in jail and ordered to...
telecommuter

Telecommuter case may proceed for immunocompromised worker

A federal judge ruled against an employer’s efforts to dismiss a disability leave lawsuit filed by an immunocompromised man who...
disability

N.Y. bill would assume permanently disabled workers eligible for comp

A person receiving Social Security disability benefits would be considered permanently and totally disabled under legislation set before the New...
disability

Bill would increase benefit duration to 520 weeks

Mississippi lawmakers will consider increasing the duration of disability benefits after a similar measure failed in 2021....
COVID

EEOC says COVID can be covered by disability bias law

U.S. workers with severe cases of COVID-19 may be covered by a law prohibiting disability discrimination in the workplace, while...
John Jakovcic

MedRisk promotes Jakovcic to chief technology officer

MedRisk LLC, a Pennsylvania-based managed care organization focused on rehabbing injured workers, announced on Tuesday it has promoted John Jakovcic...
California

Comp frictional costs down but remain high in California

Frictional costs in California’s workers compensation system dropped recent years, but expenses are still nearly twice as high as the...
mental injuries

Payers wary of physical comp claims containing alleged mental injuries

A makeup artist in Louisiana who stepped into a pothole and injured her ankle and foot....
disability

Disability case sent back to commission for review

The Supreme Court of Ohio on Wednesday referred a disability case back to the lower courts to determine precedent on...
AI

Employers may violate ADA using AI in hiring: EEOC

Employers may inadvertently violate the Americans with Disabilities Act if they use artificial intelligence to assess job applicants and employees,...
retaliation

Disability bias claim dismissed, retaliation claim reinstated

A federal appeals court on Thursday affirmed dismissal of a disability discrimination claim against a security company, but reinstated a...
Amazon

Woman sues, says Amazon.com fired her because she got ‘long COVID’

A former Amazon.com Inc. employee sued the online retailer on Monday, saying it wrongly fired her and demanded she repay...
disability

Increase in 2020 comp disability could be effect of pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic, and not necessarily infections, could explain the increase in temporary disability benefit duration workers compensation researchers found...
EEOC

Company that fired 52-year worker pays EEOC $315,000 settlement

An electric power systems provider that fired a 52-year employee who was diagnosed with cancer and sustained a broken hip...
ADA

Fired diabetic temp worker can pursue ADA case

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a lower court ruling and held that a temporary worker who was fired...
police

LAPD officer wins ruling on disability bias

A Los Angeles appeals court on Thursday affirmed an injured Los Angeles police officer’s claims against the LAPD of disability...
ADA

ADA suit reinstated for fired postpartum depressed worker

A federal appeals court has reinstated in a divided opinion an Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit filed by a woman...
Marwan Shiblaq

Sedgwick names president of workforce absence

Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. on Thursday appointed Marwan Shiblaq to the role of president of its workforce absence division....
World Captive Forum

Nontraditional risks increasingly addressed in cell captives

Interest in cell captives, also known as protected cell companies, is growing rapidly as more organizations look to these facilities...
EEOC

Fabrication company to settle EEOC disability suit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday said a fabrication company will pay $250,000 to settle a disability discrimination...
gavel

Psychiatrist sentenced to 120 days for falsifying disability reports

Federal prosecutors announced this week that a Northern California psychiatrist was sentenced to 120 days in jail and ordered to...
telecommuter

Telecommuter case may proceed for immunocompromised worker

A federal judge ruled against an employer’s efforts to dismiss a disability leave lawsuit filed by an immunocompromised man who...
disability

N.Y. bill would assume permanently disabled workers eligible for comp

A person receiving Social Security disability benefits would be considered permanently and totally disabled under legislation set before the New...
disability

Bill would increase benefit duration to 520 weeks

Mississippi lawmakers will consider increasing the duration of disability benefits after a similar measure failed in 2021....
COVID

EEOC says COVID can be covered by disability bias law

U.S. workers with severe cases of COVID-19 may be covered by a law prohibiting disability discrimination in the workplace, while...
John Jakovcic

MedRisk promotes Jakovcic to chief technology officer

MedRisk LLC, a Pennsylvania-based managed care organization focused on rehabbing injured workers, announced on Tuesday it has promoted John Jakovcic...
California

Comp frictional costs down but remain high in California

Frictional costs in California’s workers compensation system dropped recent years, but expenses are still nearly twice as high as the...
mental injuries

Payers wary of physical comp claims containing alleged mental injuries

A makeup artist in Louisiana who stepped into a pothole and injured her ankle and foot....
disability

Disability case sent back to commission for review

The Supreme Court of Ohio on Wednesday referred a disability case back to the lower courts to determine precedent on...