Job interview can bring ADA liability: revised EEOC guidelines help employers avoid improper disability questions

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Many employers remain unaware of protections the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) offers to potential employees in interviews. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently released new guidelines dividing the interview process into two parts. In the first only obvious disabilities or those the interviewee brings up may be discussed, in a limited fashion. Some employers have been found guilty of asking interview questions barred by the ADA, which defines disabilities more broadly than does Social Security.

Laws, regulations and rules, Employment interviewing, Discrimination against disabled persons, Handicapped discrimination

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Delayed disclosure leads to loss: Apple law firm to pay keyboard settlement while co-defendant IBM wins case

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Apple Computer had to settle in the Urbanski v. IBM case, accusing the Apple keyboard of causing repetitive stress injuries, because its attorneys, Saperston & Day, misplaced important discovery documents. The judge allowed Apple to settle after presenting the other options of ruling against them for misconduct or charging them for the cost of a mistrial. However, Apple does not intend to settle any other repetitive-stress cases and Saperston has been limited to East Coast Apple cases. Co-defendant IBM won the case.

Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing, Electronic components, not elsewhere classified, Standard Keyboards, Computers, Cases, Practice, Product liability, AAPL, Overuse injuries, Repetition strain injury, Keyboards (Computers), Products liability, Apple Inc., Saperston and Day

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Reformers target jury lists; seeking diversity, jurisdictions may call benefit recipients

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Court reformers have been trying to increase diversity on juries and have targeted juror lists as a prime reason so few minorities are seated on juries. Reform proposals in New York, Arizona and Los Angeles are considering ways to enlarge the jury pool. The New York proposal, for instance, would include people receiving unemployment or welfare benefits.

Social aspects, Analysis, Race discrimination, Jury selection

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