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Employee Benefits

Mar. 26, 2011

Disability Discrimination Suits On the Rise

Workers with physical and mental disabilities are filing workplace complaints in record numbers, drawing increased attention to companies' policies when it comes to accommodating their employees' needs.


By Catherine Ho


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Workers with physical and mental disabilities are filing workplace complaints in record numbers, drawing increased attention to company policies for accommodating disabled employees' needs.


Though disability claims can run the gamut - treating a person differently in hiring, firing, pay, promotions and layoffs because of a disability - more and more cases are hinging on medical leave, legal expert...

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