Guest AuthorDecember 15, 2024
The act essentially affirms that the temporary condition of pregnancy is not incompatible with work but rather is a normal condition of the modern workplace.
Tag: ADA
Guest AuthorDecember 15, 2024
Blake DowlingJuly 30, 2022
13min0
We all face challenges in our lives, all different and some more than others.
Kelly HayesMay 14, 2022
1min0
The swing features both standard and wheelchair access and is integrated into the overall play experience on the playground.
Kelly HayesAugust 14, 2021
6min1106
U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist is urging federal officials to intervene in the state’s ban on school mask mandates, citing the Americans with Disabilities Act. In a letter sent to U.S. Department of Justice Secretary Merrick Garland and U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Crist pushes for the enforcement of disability rights laws and requests guidance for school districts […]
Renzo DowneyAugust 6, 2021
5min3313
The state is threatening action against school districts that require masks.
Renzo DowneyFebruary 26, 2020
3min516
HB 1179 heads to the Senate after garnering unanimous House approval.
Jim RosicaApril 6, 2018
4min546
A deaf South Florida man is suing the Legislature because it doesn’t provide closed captioning for its “online live streaming and archived videos of legislative proceedings.” The National Association Of The Deaf and Eddie Sierra filed a federal lawsuit this week in Miami against the state, the Florida Senate and House, Senate President Joe Negron and […]
Michael MolineMarch 10, 2017
6min261
Legislation beginning to work its way through the House and Senate would help businesses voluntarily comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act — and possibly avoid “drive-by lawsuits” targeting noncompliance. “The ADA was taken away from Americans with disabilities by a handful of law firms — most out of South Florida — that have filed […]
Ryan RayJune 2, 2015
2min192
Republican Senate Majority Leader Bill Galvano of Bradenton filed two new amendments to the Senate’s health care proposal on Tuesday morning. One, the “timely-filed” barcode 852368, addresses the “sunset” provision that Rep. Cary Pigman took issue with yesterday during the House’s workshop on the so-called “FHIX 2.0” proposal to expand health care in Florida by expanding a […]