6/7/16 Shared by Nicky Gacos, President NFB and the Department of Education Colleagues: The U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Labor (DOL) (or, collectively, Departments) will publish final regulations to implement changes made by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), signed into law on July 22, 2014. ED will publish two sets of final regulations […]
Category: Arbitration
Groundbreaking Settlement to End Discrimination Against Blind Uber Riders Who Use Guide Dogs
5/10/16 Shared by David Andrews via Nfbnet FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 30, 2016 CONTACTS: Timothy Elder TRE Legal Practice (410) 415-3493 telder@trelegal.com Larry Paradis Disability Rights Advocates (510) 541-4459 lparadis@dralegal.org Michael Bien Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld (415) 439-9821 mbien@rbgg.com Chris Danielsen National Federation of the Blind (410) 262-1281 cdanielsen@nfb.org Groundbreaking Settlement to End Discrimination […]
Oregon Blind Commission Sues Veteran Affairs For Violating Randolph-Sheppard
1/27/15 From Vending Times Oregon Blind Commission Sues Veteran Affairs For Violating Randolph-Sheppard by Emily JedEmily@vendingtimes.net MEDFORD, OR — Oregon’s Commission for the Blind has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for allegedly failing to comply with the Randolph-Sheppard Act. The 1936 law gives preference to blind people to run […]