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Employer Fitness for Duty Policy Survives Disability Discrimination Claim

By Natasha M. Riggleman & Kenneth M. Wentz on January 21, 2021
Posted in ADA

A district court ruled that a long-time railroad trackman, who was pulled from service following safety complaints from his coworkers and supervisors, failed to prove that he was considered disabled under the ADA, and failed to prove that his employer (the railroad) violated the ADA when it required him to undergo a “fitness for duty”…

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