Bad Backs Not Necessarily an Ada-Protected Disability

By: Cal-OSHA

ALBUQUERQUE - This year, federal courts in New York and in the U.S. Tenth Circuit denied Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) relief to two workers with bad backs.UPS DRIVER: Since 1994, United Parcel Service (UPS) has required employees to lift, carry and deliver packages weighing up to 150 pounds. The earlier weight limit was 70 pounds. UPS driver William Kirkendall injured his back under the new limit. UPS refused to accommodate him and other employees with back and other injuries when they were

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