But many of the railroad's workers also secure disability policies from private insurers that routinely exclude applicants with pre-existing conditions.
Such assertions may paper over the industry's record of double-digit price increases, medical underwriting to exclude applicants from coverage, cancellation of policies for incidental causes, denials of claims, deceptive marketing and generous executive compensation.
I used to feel terribly envious when I heard childless writer friends announce that they'd been awarded residencies or fellowships at prestigious writers' retreats – those awards by definition exclude applicants with families.
Under the guidelines, an employer can exclude applicants with criminal convictions provided it can demonstrate that the exclusion is "job-related for the position in question and consistent with business necessity" — a phrase that appears in the law itself and is not defined in the guidance.
We also exclude applicants younger than 17 years (433 observations) or older than 55 years (375 observations) at time of application as well as those who died while in the program.
Even before Richard Nixon declared the "war on drugs" in June 1971, the problem of records was recognized in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employers from excluding applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or nationality.
Excluded applicants receive information on alternative services and are encouraged to discuss their symptoms with their physician.
The authors speculated that high cut points for medical school selection with the UMAT may exclude applicants with a propensity for general practice.
We also excluded applicants who reported asthma or other breathing problems, high blood pressure or hypertension, a history of problems associated with blood draws, regularly taking any medications for any health conditions, or any condition that would prevent them from conducting the water use activities prescribed by our study.
Finally, the third post hoc analysis excluding 9 applicants pregnant at application showed a relation between elevated ESR and subsequent sickness absence which was less strong and no longer significant (OR = 2.62, 95%CI: 0.79-8.73; p = 0.116).
