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Obesity, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Reasonable Accommodations

Much like cancer and many other chronic health conditions, obesity is usually a lifestyle condition, a genetic condition, or some combination of these two things. Since this disability has so many pos[...]

MITCH KLINE WINS IN APPELLATE COURT

Mitch Kline’s client, a fifteen-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, was injured on duty. Her dispatcher had sent her to a high crime area, after a Federal Express driver was robbed at “[...]

Top Five Occupational Diseases in Chicago

Most people know workers’ compensation applies to falls and other trauma injuries sustained at work. These benefits are available for occupational diseases, as well. These conditions occur over the [...]

Sexual Harassment Retaliation: A Closer Look

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is the federal agency in charge of employment discrimination enforcement, including sexual harassment actions. Yet many of the EEOC’s cases do not involve[...]

Common Sexual Harassment Claims

For many years, most of the estimated 80% of female workers who experience sexual harassment suffered in silence. The #MeToo movement has largely changed this landscape. Workplace sexual harassment ha[...]

Pregnancy Discrimination: A Closer Look

The 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act was one of the first major additions to the landmark Civil Rights Act. The PDA expanded gender discrimination to include childbirth and related medical conditions[...]

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