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EEOC Issues Q&A on Cancer in the Workplace

Earlier this year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a set of questions and answers about cancer in the workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).<br/>The Q&amp;A does not contain much in the way of new information, but rather gives examples that help illustrate the position the EEOC will take on issues regarding cancer as a disability. Since these are the types of issues that often puzzle human resources managers ' and land on the desk of in-house counsel ' the EEOC's Q&amp;A serves to provide some assistance on how to handle these issues.

21 minute read January 03, 2006 at 08:55 AM
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Sarah A. Kelly
EEOC Issues Q&A on Cancer in the Workplace

Earlier this year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a set of questions and answers about cancer in the workplace and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The EEOC addressed five major areas on whether and when cancer is a disability under the ADA:

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