WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court made it easier today for disabled workers to sue their employers over alleged discrimination after they apply for or receive Social Security disability benefits.
The justices, voting unanimously in a Texas case, said courts cannot presume that people who apply for such benefits are, in essence, admitting to be unqualified to hold a job and therefore cannot invoke the protection of a key anti-bias law, the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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