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Disability Discrimination
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Texas Employment Lawyer
Associational Disability Discrimination: It’s not you, it’s them.
Most people know the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects employees and applicants who have disabilities. Fewer know it also protects people who don't have a disability themselves but are…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Can Employers Win Summary Judgment In State Court? Yes, but…
I have often said that getting summary judgment in an employment discrimination case in Connecticut state court is hard. State judges are typically reluctant to grant such motions, and the…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Temporary accommodations don’t rewrite the job description
One of the more persistent myths in ADA litigation that if an employer temporarily accommodates an employee in a certain way, it has forever admitted that the accommodation is reasonable.…
San Francisco Employment Law Firm Blog
Is Your Employer Actually Aware Of Your Disability?
By Arkady Itkin
One of the fundamental requirements of a disability discrimination claim is that the employer knew, or reasonably should have known, that the employee had a disability. For obvious reasons, an…
The Employer Handbook Blog
Caught Sleeping on Shift, Then Citing a Diagnosis: Why the Timing Killed This ADA Claim
A hospital tech got caught sleeping on the overnight shift. Blaming a diabetes medication for it, only after getting caught, didn’t turn her firing into disability discrimination. TL;DR: An imaging…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Second Circuit Emphasizes Importance of Accommodation Analysis in Remote Work Cases
The Second Circuit (which covers New York, Connecticut and Vermont) recently revived an employee’s ADA and NYC Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) failure-to-accommodate claims, which were based on his employer’s denial…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
When “Falling Asleep During Meetings” Becomes Exhibit A
In a classic Seinfeld episode, George Costanza once built a bed under his desk at Yankee Stadium so he could nap during the workday. But note to future employees: Sleeping…
Wait A Second!
Circuit reaffirms no appeal from the denial of a Rule 59 "weight of the evidence" motion
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
This disability discrimination case went to trial, but the plaintiff lost and his former employer won. Post-trial, plaintiff filed a motion for a new trial pursuant to Rule 59, arguing…
Microjuris Blog
Presentan medida que ampliaría los derechos de estacionamiento a personas con sordera o pérdida auditiva
La propuesta busca enmendar el Artículo 2.25 de la Ley de Vehículos y Tránsito para incorporar expresamente la sordera total, la sordera parcial y la pérdida profunda auditiva entre las…
Understanding the ADA
A Two For: Thoughts on Trump v. Slaughter and How the Latest NCAA D1 Eligibility Rule Discriminates Against Persons with Disabilities
Hope everyone had a great Fourth of July weekend. I wrote this blog entry while taking a break between watching World Cup games and Wimbledon over the weekend. It’s been…