Labor and Employment Laws and Developments in Healthcare Industry
The American Society for Health Care Human Resources Administration (ASHHRA) recently held an incredibly useful conference bringing together healthcare human resources leaders from around the country. Here are four key takeaways from that gathering of thought leaders.
While this may seem self-evident to those on the front lines,…
The EEOC announced that it reached a $74,418 settlement with a hospital in Owosso, Michigan, to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit the agency had filed under Title VII against the hospital in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. See https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USEEOC/bulletins/24d7ec9; and https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/2-14-18.cfm.
The plaintiff in the case, Yvonne Bair claimed…
A North Carolina district court recently declined to dismiss a failure to accommodate and wrongful termination action brought by the EEOC on behalf of a patient accounts representative in EEOC v. Advance Home Care, Inc. (“Advance”). The plaintiff was discharged after she could not return to work without restrictions following exhaustion of her FMLA leave.…
A certified nurse’s assistant cannot pursue a disability discrimination claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act because she failed to exhaust her administrative remedies, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee ruled in Davenport v. Asbury Inc., No. 3:12-CV-00445 (E.D. Tenn. Mar. 29, 2013).
Under the ADA, a claimant must file a…
