What Can the ADA Do For You? Court “Delivers” Blow To UPS By Allowing EEOC’s Challenge To Its Leave Policy

On February 11, 2014, Judge Sara Ellis of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied United Parcel Services, Inc.’s (“UPS”) motion to dismiss in EEOC v. UPS, Inc., No. 1:09-CV-05291 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 12, 2014) -  a  lawsuit alleging that UPS violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”) with respect to an “unidentified class” of individuals for maintaining a leave policy providing that employees will be administratively separated form employment after twelve months of leave.

The ruling is significant for all employers dealing with sick, injured, and disabled employees

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