Saturday, August 29, 2015

10th Circuit: The court reversed summary judgment for employer who refused to hire plasma center technician because, it argued, her deafness would have prevented her from safely monitoring donor area because she could not hear the alarms on plasmapheresis machines (they audibly sound when something goes wrong or requires attention), finding genuine disputes of fact as to whether installing visual or vibrating alerts and providing call buttons to donors would have been reasonable accommodations
First Circuit: The court held that Federal Tort Claims Act claim was untimely because it was filed with agency more than two years after a person similarly situated to the plaintiff would have discovered necessary facts in the exercise of reasonable diligence, despite the fact that it was not until afterwards when plaintiff met with a lawyer for the first time that the necessary basis for the cause of action actually became known to him
EEOC: Former employee awarded $586,860 in lost wages and benefits and compensatory damages on Title VII claim after he was forced to resign because employer insisted he continue to submit to biometric hand-scanning, which it used to track attendance, even though hand scanning violated employee’s sincerely held religious beliefs as an Evangelical Christian
Maine DOL: Maine Labor Department provides public comment opposing proposed changes to federal overtime rule

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