If workplace stress is affecting your health, you may be able to take sick leave, request changes to your working conditions or seek compensation in certain circumstances. For disabled workers, understanding these rights is particularly important when inaccessible workplaces, discrimination…
Council has no right to hold up a program that could ease the crunch of imminent retirements, according to the union's lawsuit. Council leaders say they will "vigorously defend" their legislative authority. ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Allentown’s police union is suing city…
Hoodline Explore Our Cities & Metro Areas (A-Z) Allentown Police Union Sues City Council Over Stalled Retirement Perk Allentown’s police union has taken City Council to court, accusing it of illegally blocking a retirement program that Mayor Matt Tuerk already agreed…
WBRC Reburials for former mental health patients in Tuscaloosa 4th arrest made in deadly Birmingham robbery, shooting Katherine Robertson becomes 1st woman elected Alabama attorney general
By Aderogba George A disability rights advocate, Mr Chris Agbo, has called for accessible reporting centres, sign language interpreters and stronger institutional support to improve access to justice for persons with disabilities facing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). Agbo, Chairman,…
Bloomberg Law News An Indiana federal district court granted summary judgment to Waupaca Foundry, Inc. on Americans with Disabilities Act disability discrimination and retaliation claims by a cupola operator with ADHD and anxiety, finding no causal link between his disabilities…
Simpler access to Child Trust Funds to be allowed under new legislation revealed by the government, replacing complex Court of Protection process. The reforms are expected to allow parents and carers to go directly to Child Trust Fund providers to…
The Bridgman Police Department is working to help ensure first responders around Berrien County have the right training to help those in need, including those who have special needs. Bridgman Police Department Captain Chris Takemoto tells us that’s why the…
By: BridgeTower Media Newswires November 4, 2026 BOSTON, MA — The disabled adult son of a man who was paralyzed in a car accident could seek parental consortium damages even though he did not live with his injured father, a U.S. District Court judge…
A former Royal Marine commando who lost two limbs fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan says he was threatened with being fined for using a disabled bay – even after showing the traffic warden his blue badge. Ben McBean, who was injured…
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