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| Companies hiring inmate labor off hook for ADA accommodations |
| By azdailysun.com - Howard Fischer |
| Published: 09/25/2013 |
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PHOENIX — Arizona companies that hire inmate labor cannot be sued if they do not comply with federal laws protecting the disabled, federal appellate judges ruled Tuesday. In a unanimous decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a prisoner’s claim that Eurofresh, which grows tomatoes near Willcox, failed to accommodate his disability as required by federal statutes. Judge Milan Smith, writing for the court, said the actions of the company are irrelevant because the inmate is not their employee. Smith said, though, the prisoner does have the right to sue the state because, technically speaking, he worked for them. Read More. |
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