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Reasonable Accommodation
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Hall Benefits Law Blog
Reassignment as a Reasonable Accommodation
By Anne Hall
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has referred to the reassignment or transfer of an employee as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as a…
Tucker Arensberg Blog
Can an employee be eligible for medical leave even if FMLA and PTO leave isn’t available?
Jeremy Farrell, Esq., jfarrell@tuckerlaw.com, (412) 594-3938 When employers think of “medical leave,” most minds understandably jump to the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) or time off that employees may be entitled…
Pierson Ferdinand Blog
Recent EEOC Lawsuits Warn Employers: Compliance with the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Is Not Optional
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is not playing. The agency that enforces the federal anti-discrimination laws, including the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) sent a clear message to U.S.…
Accessibility Defense
Is Asthma a disability under the ADA? Good question.
By Richard Hunt
Employers and others covered by the ADA, FHA and other laws prohibiting disability discrimination often want to know whether this or that medical condition is a disability. A pair of…
Pierson Ferdinand Blog
Is The EEOC Still Going After Low-Hanging Fruit?
Years ago, I posted - often - about the number of medical and health practitioners and companies being charged with discriminating against people with disabilities. Seemed that this was a…
Accessibility Defense
“Polly want a cracker?” Lessons from DOJ press releases.
By Richard Hunt
The Department of Justice issues a press release every time it enters into a settlement agreement of some kind. The foundations of accessibility law are the statutes and the cases…
Labor & Employment Report
Just Because It Worked Before Doesn’t Make It a Reasonable Accommodation Now…
By Fiona W. Ong
Employers like predictability. And it would make sense that, for an employee who previously worked remotely, well, remote work should be a reasonable accommodation. But a recent case warns employers…
World of Employment
Navigating the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act – What Employers Need to Know
By Jenny Palmer, Audrey Scholer
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant workers and protects workers from discrimination and retaliation for seeking accommodations. The PWFA has been in…
Municipal Minute
Quorum Forum Podcast: Ep. 85 ADA Reasonable Accommodations
Ancel Glink's Quorum Forum Podcast recently released Episode 85: ADA Reasonable Accommodations. In this episode, Ancel Glink attorneys Katie Nagy and Daiana Man discuss when the American Disabilities Act (ADA)…
Labor and Employment Law Insights
8th Circuit Decision Roundup – June 2024
By Matthew Beyer, Tina Syring, Jonathon Duffy
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued several significant decisions that employers doing business in Minnesota should be aware of. Here are a few highlights of recent Eight Circuit…