Even though people with disabilities want to work, their unemployment rate is nearly double that of non-disabled individuals—even as companies who prioritize workplace inclusion are better off.

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The district court granted summary judgment in favor of New York City on a claim by a former New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) employee who alleged discrimination under the ...

The nation’s largest movie theater chain illegally forced out an employee with cerebral palsy after two decades on the job, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says. In a lawsuit filed this ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wisc. (KNWA/KFTA) — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has accused Walmart of disability discrimination in a lawsuit filed last month in Wisconsin. The EEOC said in a ...

An “urgent need for systemic change” to address disability-based discrimination has been highlighted by the executive officer of the Human Rights Commission in her annual report. Lisa Reed said that ...

As part of President Donald Trump’s attempt to remake the federal workforce, several directives have been issued to terminate recently hired employees and gut entire agencies. Many federal workers ...

Disability is human. It is quite common. Yet it also makes many of us uncomfortable. You might be looking forward to meeting a new colleague. And then you notice a visible disability, and somehow ...