HerringLaw: Civil Rights & Discrimination Law in Iowa

EEOC Guidelines for Disabled Employees

The EEOC [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] has published Guidelines to assist agencies in hiring and promoting disabled employees. Obviously, these Guidelines can be helpful as well to other employers, public and private.

ADA Amendments

The Senate on 9/11 passed the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments of 2008 and after the House goes along [it is expected to] and the President signs it, it'll become law. The law was created to reject the various holdings of the U.S. Supreme Court [and lower courts] which eviscerated the meaning and usefulness of the ADA. The sponsor of the Senate bill was Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa. More details regarding the legislation are found here.

Credit Card Fraud

I received a phone call early this morning with an inquiry from one of my credit card companies about whether I had made a purchase yesterday at a certain location. Not only did I not recall making that purchase, much less at that location, I couldn't have made the purchase since it was for something related to a Dell computer and anyone who knows me knows I only use Mac computers. I called the fraud division of the credit card company and confirmed this was a stolen number [I actually had the card in my possession] and the purchases were not mine. We closed the account, but now I am curious about how someone used my credit card number to purchase items without having the actual card [thus missing the 3 digit verification number on the opposite side]. I hope they catch the thief.