M&T Bank violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to provide the reasonable accommodation of reassignment for a Baltimore branch manager after she took short-term disability leave during her complicated pregnancy, a federal judge has ruled. But U.S. District ...

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MedStar Harbor Hospital will pay nearly $180,000 to settle a claim it fired a therapist with a weakened immune system rather than providing an accommodation.

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The Maryland Fair Employment Practices Act requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for disabled employees in their current job or, if that’s not feasible, in a reassigned position, the state’s top court has unanimously ruled in reviving a former inventory manager’s lawsuit against a Salisbury hospital.

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