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News Tipoffs - Illinois Editors Newsletter for Monday September 09, 2024 ( 2 items )  

EEOC Sues FedEx For Disability Discrimination
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: MINNEAPOLIS The Federal Express Corporation (FedEx), a global shipping and logistics company, violated federal law when it failed to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified, disabled ramp transport drivers with medical restrictions, and instead forced them to take unpaid leave or fired them, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. Accor  more

ILL. A.G. RAOUL STATEMENT ON COURT DECISION TO PRESERVE PROVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 7 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following statement on Sept. 6, 2024: * * * Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued a statement highlighting a Sangamon County Circuit Court decision in Illinois Baptist State Association v. Illinois Department of Insurance. The court granted Attorney General Raoul's motion for summary judgment, preserving a provision of the Illinois Reproductive Health Act that requires Illinois health insurance products regulate  more