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People with disabilities are in a protected class. Being immunocompromised qualifies as a disability. Here's a brief definition, from a government site about e
by extra88 6y ago
People with disabilities are in a protected class. Being immunocompromised qualifies as a disability.
Here's a brief definition, from a government site about equal employment:
https://www.eeoc.gov/disability-discrimination#definition https://www.eeoc.gov/disability-discrimination#definition
- recursive 6y agoIt doesn't seem like immunocompromise generally constitutes a disability by that definition, without satisfying some other criteria. But I'm not a lawyer, so what do I know.
- extra88 6y agoThe text of the law makes it more explicit: "[...] a major life activity also includes the operation of a major bodily function, including but not limited to, functions of the immune system [...]" https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/12102 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/12102