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Disability Accommodation
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Privacy and Cybersecurity
Ohio Governor Signs Bill Requiring Plaintiffs to Provide Pre-Suit Notice for Physical Access Violations
Seyfarth Synopsis: A new Ohio law will require notice and opportunity to cure as a prerequisite for a plaintiff’s recovery of attorney’s fees in physical accessibility lawsuits. Businesses across the…
Taking Care of HR Business
12 Days of HR: Flashback Friday—“I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” and Employee Requests for Service Animal Accommodations
Because of how often we hear from clients regarding requests for “emotional support” animals to accompany employees to work, we figured a refresher on how to handle these types of…
Family Law Prof Blog
More shelters for disabled domestic violence victims in Wales
By Family Law
From BBC News:Disability access at women's refuges is patchy across Wales with some areas having only one or no accessible places, figures for the BBC suggest.About 30% of the 157…
Understanding the ADA
Court System Accessibility Best Practices Checklist
As readers of this blog know, I don’t usually blog more than once a week. However, I had a moment and a real cool idea already in the can so…
Consumer Protection Review
Court Rules Restaurant Should Have Affirmatively Offered Assistance to a Customer Who Is Visually-Impaired
By Amanda Beane, Jill L. Ripke
A customer who is blind has sued Five Guys Enterprises in the Southern District of California, claiming that he could not access the Freestyle Coca-Cola soda machine in a Five…
Understanding the ADA
Just When is a Modification or Accommodation Necessary Under Title III?
Today’s blog entry comes from the 11th Circuit. It involves severely autistic individuals suing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts over their system of accommodating individuals, particularly when it comes to…
CommLaw Monitor
FCC Streamlines Formal Complaint Procedures and Establishes Shot Clock for Decisions
By Kelley Drye
In a move affecting nearly every type of dispute brought to the agency, the FCC adopted a Report and Order (“Order”) at its July meeting establishing a streamlined set of…
Global Workplace Insider
It Takes Two to Tango: Employee-duties in the Accommodation Process
By Taryn Mackie
In 2012, Statistics Canada reported that 11% of the population aged 25 to 64 (or 2.1 million people) reported having limitations caused by a physical or mental disability, with conditions…
California Employment Law Update
May 2018 California Employment Law Notes
By Tony Oncidi
We invite you to review our newly-posted May 2018 California Employment Law Notes, a comprehensive review of the latest and most significant developments in California employment law. The highlights include: Delivery Drivers…
Understanding the ADA
Rotating Shifts and Disability Sensitivity
It has been a busy week, and so I am a bit late with getting a blog entry up. Also, I am off to North Carolina later today where I…