If you hire someone who says they are in a drug treatment program, don’t do this…

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The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination based on a disability concerning employment. That includes refusing to hire someone based on an actual disability, a perceived disability, or a record of disability.

Whether an employer regards a job applicant as having a disability or learns about a record of a disability, an employer cannot lawfully refuse to hire them because they are receiving addiction treatment — even if that means the individual is currently in a methadone maintenance program.

A federal court emphasized that point in this brief opinion.

The plaintiff alleged that she had been prescribed a

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