Employment Discrimination – Disability – ‘Qualified Individual’ – Contract Analyst 
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Published: December 21, 2009
Tags: Employment Discrimination, Judge Claude M. Hilton, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
An employee of the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General who had limited mobility cannot prove she is a “qualified individual with a disability” under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as she was repeatedly counseled about deficiencies in her job performance, and an Alexandria U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to defendant employer in ...
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