Ethics in public health policy. Chevron v Echazabal: public health issues raised by the "threat-to-self" defense to adverse employment actions

In June of 2002, the US Supreme Court upheld a regulation that allows employers, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, to make disability-related employment decisions based on risks to an employee's own personal health or safety. Previous judicial decisions had allowed employers to make em...

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Published inAmerican journal of public health (1971) Vol. 93; no. 4; pp. 536 - 540
Main Authors Barnes, Mark, Cleaveland, Kimberlee A, Florencio, Patrik S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.2003
Subjects
Disabled people
Employment rights
Ethical aspects
Legislation
Occupational health and safety
Paternalism
Public health policy
Risk management
Supreme courts
USA
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Summary:In June of 2002, the US Supreme Court upheld a regulation that allows employers, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, to make disability-related employment decisions based on risks to an employee's own personal health or safety. Previous judicial decisions had allowed employers to make employment decisions based on the threat that a worker's medical condition posed to others but had not addressed the issue of risk posed to an employee's health by his or her own disability. The authors comment on the potential effects of the court's decision for occupational health practitioners charged with assessing the degree of risk and harm of a particular workplace environment and for public health efforts aimed at curbing workplace injury and sickness. (Original abstract)
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ISSN:0090-0036