I bet you didn’t know that Chuck Norris, Ice-T, Johnny Cash, and Client Eastwood are all United States veterans. These are just a few of the names, although famous, that helped to protect and fight for this great country we call the United States of America, and their contributions to our society, along with countless…
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Dyslexia affects around one in five people around the world. So, it’s no surprise that many celebrities have it too! Athletes, actors, inventors, entrepreneurs, musicians, authors, and artists have all made the list. Some of the famous people with dyslexia include Tom Cruise, Whoopi Goldberg, Tucker Carlson, and Ozzy Osbourne. Now that’s quite an eclectic…
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September is National Deaf Awareness Month. We would like to encourage you to take some time this month to recognize the challenges of the 1.9% of people in the United States today who are deaf and increase awareness of deaf issues. The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) makes a distinction between Deaf and…
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April is Autism Acceptance Month, and April 2nd was World Autism Awareness Day. How is this relevant to equal hiring practices and Human Resources in general? Well, people with Aspergers and Autism fall squarely under the “disabled” label for purposes of Affirmative Action Programs (AAP) with hiring and firings, and if you have applicants for positions that…
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Circle K Stores Inc. recently reached an $8,000,000 conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to resolve a disability, pregnancy, and retaliation discrimination lawsuit. The EEOC found reasonable cause to believe Circle K denied reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees and employees with disability. Some of the actions employees were forced to face…
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