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Disability Accommodation
352 published works
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Rotating Shifts is Essential Job Function, Citing Impact on Co-Workers as Well as Business Justification
Recall our post concerning the claims of the acrophobic bridge worker and incontinent court reporter that rotating through job assignments was not an essential function of their jobs. Now comes…
Real Estate & Construction
National Restaurant Chain Pret A Manger Partners With the Equal Rights Center to Improve Access For Customers With Disabilities
By Minh N. Vu The Equal Rights Center (ERC), a Washington D.C. based national civil rights organization, and Pret A Manger, an international sandwich retail chain, recently announced a partnership…
Employment Discrimination Report
What Does Japanese Cherry Blossom Perfume Have to Do With The ADA?
Apparently quite a bit – it is directly implicated in an employee’s contention that she is disabled and requires an accommodation. A federal court recently upheld the viability of…
California Employment Law Update
Dogs at Work
Many employers have a policy that allows employees to bring dogs to work, either regularly or on occasion. ... While there appear to be benefits to policies permitting pet presence,…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Costly Human Resources Mistakes
What are the most costly Human Resources errors? The good folks at Delaware Employment Blog mention four: Failure to engage in the interactive process required by the Americans with Disabilities…
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
AODA for Employers Part 3: Where’s the Teeth?
By Lisa Stam
This is Part 3 of my three part series on the Accessibility for Ontarians with a Disability Act, 2005. In the first post, I discussed the Customer Service Standard and in…
Understanding the ADA
Our first case
The first case we will talk about is Klene v. Trustees of Indiana University, 413 Fed. Appx. 919 (7th Cir. 2011). It is an unpublished decision and so before using…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Second Circuit Finds that Employers May be Obligated to Accommodate a Disabled Employee’s Commute
By James Hays & Jonathan Sokolowski The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Rehabilitation Act, employers may be required…
Employment Discrimination Report
How Reasonable Must an Employer Be to Reasonably Accommodate An Employee’s Disability
The Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) provides that an employer has impermissibly discriminated against an employee claiming a disability where the employer has not made “reasonable accommodations to the known…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Fifth Circuit Rules Sidewalks Must Be Accessible
So, at least in the Fifth Circuit, sidewalks are now a "service" of the city such that the city must make sidewalks accessible to persons with disabiliuties. The Fifth Circuit…