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  1. Rodriguez-Alvarez v. Municipality of Juana Diaz, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23342 (D. P.R., Feb. 17, 2017)

    The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico denied summary judgment for the defendants in an employment discrimination case, allowing the case to proceed and be decided on the merits. Rodriguez-Alvarez, a person living with HIV (PLHIV ...

    admin - 5/1/2017 11:02am

  2. New EEOC Publications on HIV/AIDS and Employment Discrimination

    The National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States: Updated to 2020 (“NHAS 2020”) is a critically important review of the status of our nation’s response to the HIV epidemic in America and an action plan for the continuing fight. As part of the EEOC ...

    admin - 2/9/2016 4:26pm

  3. Lundy v. Phillips Staffing, 2014 WL 811544 (D.S.C. 2014).

    Lundy brought suit against his former employer alleging discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12101) (ADA) when he was fired after his employer Phillips learned of Lundy’s positive HIV status. In 2011, Phillips Staffing off ...

    admin - 11/4/2015 5:41pm

  4. Statement on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States: Updated to 2020, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2015)

    This statement addresses 1) broad public ignorance about HIV, STIs and identities associated with stigmatized diseases; 2) the criminalization of HIV; 3) HIV related discrimination in criminal justice and immigration detention facilities, and in the milita ...

    admin - 6/14/2017 4:18pm

  5. Gresham-Walls v. Brown, No. 1:12-CV-01344 (N.D. Ill. 2014)

    This ruling denied the defendant’s motion for summary judgment in a case claiming discrimination under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and federal disability discrimination laws. Though this case is about mental illness, not HIV, it’s clarificatio ...

    admin - 3/9/2016 10:58am

  6. EEOC v. Maxim Healthcare Services Inc., d/b/a Maxim Staffing Solutions, Civil Action No. 14-CV-338, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (2014)

    This settlement was reached in an employment discrimination suit filed by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc., a nationwide staffing service for nurses and other health care professionals. ...

    admin - 3/9/2016 10:59am

  7. Leon v. Chase, Complaint, Superior Court for the State of California for the County of Los Angeles, Case No. BC 568553, 2015

    This case involves discrimination based on disability. The complaint, filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) against JPMorgan Chase and individual co-defendants alleges discrimination on the basis of disability, failure to ...

    admin - 10/22/2015 11:14am

  8. How to Comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Guide for Restaurants and Other Food Service Employers, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2011)

    This is a compilation of explanations and answers to frequently asked questions that outline how food service employers can avoid liability by staying in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). It explains those ADA employment rules relev ...

    admin - 10/22/2015 11:32am

  9. Know Your Rights, Rhode Island – HIV, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)

    Know Your Rights, Rhode Island – HIV is a fact sheet created by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders that summarizes the rights of people living with HIV in Rhode Island. It provides a description of how, both under Rhode Island and federal law, dis ...

    admin - 3/31/2016 9:52am

  10. Know Your Rights, Massachusetts – HIV, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)

    Know Your Rights, Massachusetts – HIV is a fact sheet created by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders that summarizes the rights of people living with HIV in Massachusetts. It provides a description of how, both under Massachusetts and federal law, ...

    admin - 3/31/2016 9:53am

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