The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) appears to be sending a message to employers: You can’t automatically refuse to hire applicants who test positive for methadone, a medication prescribed in drug treatment programs for recovering opiate addicts.

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Tags: ADA, EEOC, methadone, recovering addict, safety sensitive job

An applicant failed his pre-employment drug test and wasn’t hired. Years later, following successful drug treatment, he applied again, only to be told he wouldn’t be hired because of a one-strike rule.

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Tags: ADA, discriminate, drug test, drug treatment, one-strike

A deaf man applied to a mining company for a job. It didn’t hire him, and the man filed a lawsuit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Who won?

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Tags: ADA, EEOC, mine, near-miss, reasonable accommodation

Disability laws don’t trump OSHA rules on required personal protective equipment (PPE).

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Tags: ADA, disability, PPE