Sunday, October 23, 2016

Eighth Circuit: The court held that respiratory therapist with cervical spinal stenosis made a sufficient request for reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act when she provided her employer written notification that she would be unable to complete a required basic life support certification without medical clearance and informed it that she required four months of physical therapy before completing the certification, citing that an employee is not required to invoke the “magic words ‘reasonable accommodation'”
US DOJ: Justice Department filed a statement of interest in pending Fair Housing Act case, asserting that landlords who consider criminal records in evaluating prospective tenants may not use overly broad generalizations that disproportionately disqualify people based on a legally protected characteristic, such as race or national origin
First Circuit: The court held that it was permissible for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to disseminate to potential employers–with the consent of commercial motor vehicle drivers–the drivers’ safety violations that are not deemed by the Secretary of Transportation to have been “serious”
First Circuit: Significant changes to Rules of Appellate Procedure will be effective December 1, 2016
MHRC: November 21st Commission Meeting Agenda posted
Maine Public: Interactive Redlining Map Zooms In On America’s History Of Discrimination

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