Bill of Health
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
By Katherine Macfarlane Public health in the U.S. This essay describes the cost of casting aside what is best for the public’s health in favor of individual choice, especially to those who are high-risk for serious illness or death from COVID-19. It explores how they must negotiate public health measures on their own.
Bill of Health
MARCH 8, 2022
A person who is high-risk for serious illness or death from COVID-19 is likely entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including one that requires their co-workers to wear masks in their presence. In other words, under the ADA, employers cannot adopt a policy of blanket denial.
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Bill of Health
APRIL 1, 2022
One of the most persistently frustrating aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as currently applied to schools and workplaces, is its emphasis on the eligibility of qualifying individuals for accommodation, rather than on population-based removal of barriers to participation. By Jennifer Bard.
Bill of Health
MARCH 21, 2023
By Elizabeth Pendo Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need for public health laws and policies that align with and reinforce civil rights protections for disproportionately impacted populations is greater than ever. Title I of the ADA prohibits discrimination based on disability in employment.
Bill of Health
MARCH 10, 2022
This shift in our workplace culture presents employment opportunities for disabled people that they may not have had in the past, even with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ADA was enacted in 1990 to guarantee disabled people “ equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency.”
Bill of Health
APRIL 19, 2022
Ironically, these problems for plaintiffs may be traced to amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that were intended to expand coverage for plaintiffs claiming disability discrimination. These as-yet-unclear long COVID employees may not receive ADA protections, such as protection from wrongful termination.
Bill of Health
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
However, neither the ADA nor the Rehabilitation Act require accommodations to have an end date. In-person teaching and in-person office hours were not essential functions of Oross’s job. An accommodation that lasts a year or longer may too be reasonable. was trying with ‘all his might to return to campus.’”
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