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Fired for Fear of Ebola

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Eleventh Circuit <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Ebola.pdf"><strong>ruled</strong></a> against a Massage Envy employee who was fired for refusing to cancel a trip to Ghana. Her employer feared that she might contract Ebola in the country. </span>

ATLANTA – The Eleventh Circuit ruled against a Massage Envy employee who was fired for refusing to cancel a trip to Ghana. Her employer feared that she might contract Ebola in the country.

The Americans with Disabilities Act does not protect individuals who are discriminated against because of a “potential future disability that a healthy person may experience later.”

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