Topic
Disability Accommodation
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Employment Law Lookout
Seyfarth Team Launches Part 2 of its ADA 30: 30 Tips for 30 Years Video Series
Seyfarth Synopsis: The ADA Title III team launches the second installment of its 3-part video series containing 30 tips for businesses on how to better serve individuals with disabilities. This…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
Seyfarth Team Launches Part 2 of its ADA 30: 30 Tips for 30 Years Video Series
Seyfarth Synopsis: The ADA Title III team launches the second installment of its 3-part video series containing 30 tips for businesses on how to better serve individuals with disabilities. This…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
New York’s First Department Appellate Division Highlights the Stringent Requirements for Reasonably Accommodating Individuals with Disabilities Under New York City Human Rights Law
On June 18, 2020, the First Department issued Hosking v. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr., 2020 N.Y. Slip Op. 03484 (1st Dept. June 18, 2020), a decision analyzing the more stringent…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
I’m Stressed Out! Can I Bring My Dog to Work?
Employers know they need to accommodate a disabled employee’s request to bring a service dog to work. However, what happens when employees claim they are stressed and need to bring…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Ninth Circuit Rejects Plaintiffs’ Claims in Trio of ADA Disability Access Cases
By By Amber L. Roller, David Raizman
In a big win for Starbucks and all other restauranteurs, retailers, and places of public accommodation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held in three related cases…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
How Telecommuting During the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts the Disability Interactive Process
As more businesses start to reopen, the COVID-19 pandemic will have long-term effects on the work environment beyond temperature checks and social distancing protocols. One impact is that it may…
San Francisco Employment Law Firm Blog
Medical Leave Without A Promise of Reinstatement Is Not An Accomodation
By Arkady Itkin
Both California employees and employers must know that an unprotected medical leave without a promise of reinstatement is not an accommodate under California disability laws. An accommodation by definition is…
Employment Law Lookout
Mask Policies Put Businesses Between A Rock And A Hard Place
By Minh N. Vu Seyfarth Synopsis: Depending on the staffing and layout of the retail store, some examples of accommodations may be reasonable and not cause undue hardship. Several weeks ago,…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Mask Policies Put Businesses Between A Rock And A Hard Place
By Minh N. Vu Several weeks ago, we blogged about mask objectors presenting businesses with documents bearing the U.S. Department of Justice seal stating that they are not required to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Carceral Trauma and Disability Law"
The title of this post is the title of this timely new piece by Benjamin Hattem now posted to SSRN. Here is its abstract: Traumatized people have claimed the benefits…