Labor/Employment
Oct. 12, 2011
Should substance-abuse problems be considered a disability?
The EEOC targets a company for reassigning an employee who said he suffers from alcoholism. By Raymond D. McElfish and Jeffrey C. Lynn of McElfish Law Firm
In August, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. in U.S. District Court in Fort Smith, Ark. alleging the trucking company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. The case concerns something most people would probably not think of as a disability - the trucking company reassigned an employee after he reported that he had a drinking problem. And the job he held was one that ...
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