Topic
Disability Accommodation
352 published works
Who Is My Employee?
Airbag Jeans? Why You Should Address Disability Accommodations in Your Staffing Agency Agreements
Photo: Mo’cycle A Swedish company has constructed airbag jeans for motorcyclists, designed to inflate for protection in the event of a crash. The denim-like fabric is water-repellent and abrasion-resistant. You…
WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law
Judge Overrules Intern’s Service Dog Lawsuit Against Hospital
By Casey Liu
Service dogs are becoming increasingly common in workplace accommodations requested by employees that have disabilities. In January 2023, U.S. District Judge Paul D. Borman granted a hospital’s request for summary…
Louisiana Law Blog
The ADA in Cyberspace – Are Websites Places of Public Accommodation?
By David Whitaker, Shearil Matthews
ADA Background In 1990, Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA or Act”).[1] The purpose of the Act is to provide protection and certain rights for Americans with disabilities.…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
ADA Tester Can File Suit
There are folks with disabilities who test public accommodations like a hobby. They do this testing across the country, often from great distances. They justifiably want to see stores, hotels,…
Health Law Prof Blog
Remote Work Disability Accommodations in the Post-pandemic Workplace: The Need for Evidence-Driven Analysis
D'Andra Millsap Shu (South Texas College of Law Houston), Remote Work Disability Accommodations in the Post-pandemic Workplace: The Need for Evidence-Driven Analysis, Temp. L. Rev. (Forthcoming):The wave of remote work…
California Employment Law
Time to Revisit “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” Practices for Employee Absences
By Nancy Yaffe
How many times does an employee just call (or text) that they are not coming in? Not feeling well? Something vague. Then months (or years) later, the employer gets a…
Employment & Human Rights Law in Canada
Accommodating Long-Term Absences: Considerations for Employers
By Charles Ball
Human rights legislation across Canada protects employees from discrimination on the basis of disability and requires employers to accommodate employees with disabilities to the point of undue hardship. Long-term leaves…
Administrative and Regulatory
U.S. Access Board Issues Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking For Self-Service Kiosks
By Minh N. Vu and John W. Egan Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Access Board published an ANPRM on September 21, 2022 requesting public comment on nine questions as it prepares…
Achkar Law Blog
What happens if a workplace accommodation is insufficient for an employee’s disability?
Workplace accommodation is essential to the ability of many people with disabilities to be able to participate in the workforce. Employers and unions in Canada are required to make every…
Accessibility Defense
FHA and ADA Quick Hits – afternoon showers edition
By Richard Hunt
August is (in Texas at least) the month of afternoon thunderstorms. It’s a good metaphor for running a business subject to the ADA or FHA. Everything’s sunny and warm one…