Faced with an aging American workforce, companies are increasingly navigating delicate conversations with employees grappling with cognitive declines, experts say. Workers experiencing early stages of dementia may struggle with tasks they had completed without difficulty. Historically punctual employees may forget …
Indianapolis is being sued by a former courts official who alleges that she was fired after she installed air fresheners to combat a co-worker’s body odor. Amber Bridges’ federal lawsuit says she was fired last year for creating a hostile …
The Trump presidential victory, along with several gubernatorial elections, could significantly impact workers’ compensation, according to hosts of Safety National’s Out Front Ideas, Mark Walls and Kimberly George. The two workers’ comp industry experts continued their monthly webinar series, kicking …
North Las, Nev., plans to pay a $38,000 out-of-court settlement to a longtime parks employee who says he was pressured to get a commercial driver’s license even though he’s partially blind. The Justice Department says the city violated the Americans …
The Justice Department says it is extending to next Jan. 31 a deadline for making existing swimming pools accessible to the disabled. The deadline was originally to be today. The department determined that an extension was necessary to provide additional …
City officials in Bend, Ore., say it could be a few decades before all curb ramps in the city meet the federal requirements of the American with Disabilities Act standards. The Bend Bulletin reports that the city is under a …
A Fond du Lac man has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Kraft Foods of firing him rather than accommodating his bad back. James L. Brown was hired in 2001 at a Kraft frozen-pizza facility in Little Chute. His lawsuit says …
The National Federation of the Blind is suing McCarran International Airport, alleging that the Las Vegas transportation hub has refused to make its ticket kiosks accessible to the visually impaired. The lawsuit filed in Las Vegas federal court Tuesday seeks …