By Admin | Published August 6, 2015 | Posted in Employee Rights, Whistleblower Litigation | Tagged Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act, discrimination, obesity, revoked job offer, whistleblower | Leave a comment
The Eighth Circuit may reopen the 2013 case of a Kansas man who alleges the BNSF Railway Co. revoked his job offer because he was obese. The man, Melvin A. Morriss III, asserts that per the Americans with Disabilities Act, morbid obesity is a disability and that BNSF’s action was discrimination. Morriss claims his obesity Read More
Read MorePresident Barack Obama recently signed an executive order that bans federal contractors from discriminating against the sexual orientation or gender identity of its employees. This order does not include a religious exemption, meaning all federal contractors are required to follow the terms of the order regardless of their own personal religious beliefs. This order is Read More
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