Ambulance Company Refused Reasonable Accommodation to Pregnant Paramedic, Federal Agency Charged
SPOKANE, Wash. Nationwide medical transportation company American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc. (AMR) will pay $162,500 and provide other relief to settle a federal pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
According to the EEOC’s suit, a paramedic, who worked for AMR in Spokane, Wash., requested light duty for the last part of her pregnancy and supplied a doctor’s note in support. AMR denied her request. Rather than give her the light duty tasks it made available to its employees injured on the job, AMR directed the paramedic to take unpaid leave or work without any restrictions.
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The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued revised guidance on December 16 relating to COVID-19 vaccines in the workplace. As the Food and Drug Administration began to authorize emergency use of vaccines, the much-anticipated guidance from the EEOC effectively permits employers to impose a mandatory vaccination program under certain conditions.
For employers considering a vaccination mandate, the revised guidance addresses how employers should respond to employees who may decline vaccination due to their disability or religious belief, and how employers should administer a mandatory vaccination program.
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Can Insurance-Related Firms Compel Employees to Get COVID-19 Vaccination? By Bryan Johnson and Samuel Licker | December 28, 2020
The long-awaited and highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccine is here. The first to arrive on the scene, from Pfizer-BioNTech, received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration several days ago. On the heels of that, Moderna’s version got the official nod.
No doubt, this is great news for a nation fighting the grips of such an uber infectious and potentially deadly disease. Even so, the introduction of these immunizations begs several questions within the insurance industry and otherwise concerning distribution plans, efficacy, and the timing of widespread availability.
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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following announcement on Dec. 22.
Moore & Morford, Inc., a steel-fabrication company in South Greensburg, Pa., will pay $80,000 to settle a sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Moore & Morford employees subjected a female welder to a hostile work environment because of her sex. The EEOC charged that male employees repeatedly called the female welder various offensive, sex-based epithets, told her that “women don’t belong on the floor,” and manipulated steel beams and equipment to threaten her safety. After the female welder reported the harassment to the company’s owners, her foreman treated her worse he grabbed her by the shirt collar, denied her tools and equipment, and ordered her to clean feces in the women’s bathroom, the EEOC alleged. Then days after she told the own