The federal government has put affirmative action back on the table with the EEOC proposed rule for Affirmative Action for Individuals with Disabilities in the Federal Government. Previously, I have written here on the Office of Federal Contracting Compliance Program rule for federal contractors. When it comes to the Rehabilitation Act, here is how
Mandatory reassignment
Is reassignment mandatory revisited
By William Goren on
Posted in Title I
In a prior blog entry, I discussed a case where the Seventh Circuit was faced with the question as to whether the ADA mandated reassignment or whether competitive bidding would suffice in order to comply with the ADA. That particular case, as discussed previously in this blog, held that prior Seventh Circuit precedent…
Reassignment of employees… Eventually headed to the US Supreme Court
By William Goren on
Posted in Federal Cases, Title I
Yesterday, in EEOC v. United Airlines, Incorporated, (docket number 11-1774, March 7, 2012 (Seventh Circuit)), the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit came down with a decision saying that United Air Lines was under no obligation to guarantee a reassignment to a vacant position for an employee that could no longer…