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Employers and the Future of Public Health

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By Sharona Hoffman As state and federal public health authority erodes, employers may increasingly find themselves playing a central role in promoting public health. In the future, they may frequently take the lead in implementing public health measures.

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Public Health Law and Civil Rights Laws Must Work Together to Rise to the Challenge of Long COVID

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By Elizabeth Pendo Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the need for public health laws and policies that align with and reinforce civil rights protections for disproportionately impacted populations is greater than ever. Title I of the ADA prohibits discrimination based on disability in employment.

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COVID-19 as Disability Interest Convergence?

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Consider, for example, flexible work-from-home policies ; expanded federal proclamations that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is broad enough to cover individuals with, recovering from, or regarded as disabled because of COVID-19 or long-COVID; and efforts to prioritize and normalize mental health care. Jasmine E.

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Achieving Economic Security for Disabled People During COVID-19 and Beyond

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Activists, legal professionals, scholars, and policymakers must critically examine the limitations of our current disability laws and policies, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), to elucidate why disabled people continue to endure these inequities, including those related to economic insecurity.

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HIMSS21 Middle East: Why patient data from the Middle East is being scrutinised like never before

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Enterprise Taxonomy: Analytics Population and Public Health Interoperability Strategic Planning Workflow Digital Health Emerging Technologies Data and Information Care Organizational Governance Process Technology. Register now to listen to the session 'on demand' at HIMSS21 Middle East.

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Managing Cognitive Decline Concerns in the Workplace

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It also violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Under the ADA , employers may subject employees to testing only if it is job-related and consistent with business necessity. Second, it magnifies the ADA and Title VII concerns. The advent of predictive Alzheimer’s disease testing requires two changes to the ADA.

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ALERT! Your COVID-19 policies and procedures need a BOOSTER!

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Early in the pandemic, the EEOC issued guidance in the form of FAQs on “ What You Should Know About COVID-19, the ADA, Rehabilitation Act and Other EEO Laws ” and has periodically updated that guidance as circumstances have changed. The ADA requires that such exams and inquiries be “job-related and consistent with business necessity.”