U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today released a report titled, “Retaining Persons with Disabilities in the Federal Workforce.” Section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act protects persons with disabilities (PWD) from discrimination in federal sector...
Among the greatest beneficiaries from the rise of remote work are people with disabilities, who’ve entered the Massachusetts workforce at record levels over the past three years. Larger Employment Gains for the Disabled Percentage-point change in share of population...
The city of Boston is rolling out new guidelines for how it serves residents with disabilities. “This is a big change in our policy for the city,” said Disability Commissioner Kristen McCosh. The new guidelines suggest that city departments ask about accommodation...
United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS), will pay $150,000 and provide other relief, including offering reinstatement to a discharged employee with diabetes, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to the EEOC’s suit, the employee asked a human...
A federal civil rights lawsuit alleges that a Boston-area middle school failed to protect a 12-year-old Black student who was subjected to a racially hostile environment in which white students attacked him and called him racial slurs on multiple occasions....
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a final rule to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) providing important clarity that will allow pregnant workers the ability to work and maintain a healthy pregnancy and help...
A federal jury has awarded more than $134,000 in lost wages and damages to a Manchester man in an age discrimination lawsuit against DeMoulas Super Markets Inc., claiming his superiors at Market Basket promoted younger workers instead of him. Following a four-day...
Is charging extra for non-dairy milk an act of discrimination against people who are lactose intolerant? This is the question three Starbucks customers are raising by filing a $5m class-action lawsuit against Starbucks for making customers who do not consume dairy pay...
Atlantic Properties Management Corporation and its affiliate, Diversified Funding, Inc., property management companies in Boston, violated Massachusetts and federal law by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to a new hire with a disability and subsequently...
Deciding whether to disclose a disability to a potential or current Massachusetts employer can be a challenge. And it's a question many people encounter. About one in four adults in Massachusetts has a disability, according to 2021 data from the Centers for Disease...