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Reasonable Accommodation
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Second Circuit Decision Impacts Employers in NY, CT, and VT in Tudor v. Whitehall Central School District
Employers in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont should take notice of the 2nd Circuit’s recent decision in Tudor v. Whitehall Central School District, (2d Cir. Mar 25, 2025), which held…
Understanding the ADA
Remote Learning as a Reasonable Accommodation, Deference to Educational Institutions, and Other Good Stuff
Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, I want to wish everyone celebrating Passover, a happy Passover. Also, want to wish everyone celebrating Easter this weekend, a…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Complying With the ADA When Managing Employees With Alcoholism
By By: Christina M. Mallatt, M. Tae Phillips
Quick Hits Alcoholism may be considered a disability under the ADA. Employers may be required to offer reasonable accommodations to workers with alcoholism. Employers do not have to permit workers…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Second Circuit Adopts Broad Reading of ADA Protections in Recent Workplace Accommodations Case
By By: John G. Stretton, Andrés Jiménez-Franck, Publisher, Olivia Orlando-Donovan
Quick Hits In a decision on March 25, 2025, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that employees with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodations under the ADA even…
Angela Reddock-Wright Blog
Understanding the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act
In 2023, the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (PWFA) was signed into law to ensure pregnant workers receive the accommodations they need to continue working safely while maintaining their health and…
Vedder Works
The Second Circuit Holds That Reasonable Accommodations Under the ADA May Be Required Even When Not Necessary to the Performance of the Job
By Jonathan Wexler, Zackary Harris
On March 25, 2025, in Tudor v. Whitehall Central School District, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the Northern District of New York’s grant of…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
This is NOT how the ADA is supposed to work
Some federal agencies within the Trump administration have delayed acting on employee requests for reasonable accommodations because they are still figuring out their return-to-office policies. That's not how the ADA…
GT L&E Blog
A Breath of Fresh Air for Employers Managing Extended Medical Leaves
By Ellen M. Bandel, Noah M. Woo
When an employee’s on-the-job injury affects their ability to perform essential job functions, federal and state law require, among other things, that an employer engage in an “interactive process” to…
Law and the Workplace
Second Circuit Clarifies ADA Standard on Reasonable Accommodations
By Evandro Gigante, Laura Fant, Jurate Schwartz, Arielle E. Kobetz, Jake Lee
Employers in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont should take note of a recent Second Circuit decision holding that an employee may still be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under the…
Understanding the ADA
What an Employer Should Not Do When Faced With an Employee’s Request to Use a Service Animal at Work
Before getting started on the blog entry of the week, my daughter will be coming home for spring break this coming Friday. Her break is a week, so it may…