Back to work; job bias is at issue in three cases on the Court's expanded docket

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Some employment discrimination cases on the Supreme Court's 2001-2002 docket are discussed. Three of the cases will determine the rights of workers with repetitive stress injuries who sign arbitration agreements, with two also posing the question of who is disabled.

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Workplace bias to the fore: Court to rule on factoring race into employment decisions

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The US Supreme Court must determine whether employers can use race in decision-making that is not remedial in Piscataway Township Board of Education v. Taxman. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 supports affirmative action that serves to make reparations for racial segregation but, in cases where the work force is already diverse, the Court must decide whether race can be a factor in choosing who, of two equally senior and qualified employees, gets laid off. Other issues the Court will address in its 1997-1998 term are discussed.

Courts, Supreme Court, Reverse discrimination, Sex discrimination, Race discrimination

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Differently disabled; scope of coverage is at core of three ADA lawsuits

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The three Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) cases before the US Supreme Court in the 1998-99 term deal with the law's applicability to those with treatable physical impairments. The ADA bars employment discrimination against qualified parties with disabilities. Critics say that the weak vision afflicting plaintiffs in one of the cases is too common to qualify as a disability, and the hypertension of another plaintiff, although more serious, is not truly disabling.

Laws, regulations and rules, Discrimination against disabled persons, Handicapped discrimination

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