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Reasonable Accommodation
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Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
EEOC Issues Final Regulations to Implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
By Jenifer M. Bologna, Katharine C. Weber, Catherine A. Cano, Tania J. Mistretta, Cepideh Roufougar, Joseph J. Lynett, Tara K. Burke
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued final regulations and Interpretative Guidance to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The PWFA went into effect on June 27, 2023.…
Labor & Employment Report
The EEOC Releases Onerous Final Rule Implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
By Fiona W. Ong
On April 15, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a Final Rule and Interpretive Guidance to implement the relatively new Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which was enacted…
Employment Law Watch
Texas federal court blocks enforcement of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
On February 27, 2024, U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas, Lubbock Division blocked enforcement of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) against the state…
Labor & Employment Report
Are Reasonable Accommodations Required for an Employee’s Commute?
By Fiona W. Ong
According to some courts, no. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other courts, yes. And the EEOC is being the squeaky wheel regarding its position, as evidenced by…
Labor & Employment Insights
Get Interactive! Searching for ADA Accommodations with Employees
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires covered employers to provide reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. To help determine effective accommodations, employers should use an “interactive process,” which simply…
Understanding the ADA
Court Says Reasonable Accommodation Request Must Relate to Essential Job Functions, But Did it Really Have to Draw That Conclusion?
Today’s blog entry is one of those situations where I read a case and asked myself whether the court could have gotten to the same place more elegantly than the…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
EEOC, DOL Issue 2024 Regulatory Agendas
By Anne Hall
As part of the Biden administration’s Fall 2023 Regulatory Plan, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) have released their 2024 regulatory agendas.…
Pierson Ferdinand Blog
Communication is a Two-Way Street: The ADA Does Not Require Employers To Be Omniscient
Everyone is different and has their own little personality quirks, right?This is often an understatement for employees who are the autism spectrum. You see, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a…
Labor & Employment Insights
Curse Words and Customer Service: Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Tourette Syndrome ADA Claim
By J. William Manuel, Anne R. Yuengert
If an individual’s disability causes involuntary racist or profane utterances, what would a reasonable accommodation under the ADA look like? In Cooper v. Dolgencorp, LLC, the Sixth Circuit faced just…
Association Alert
Parking for Handicapped Individuals – Denying a Reasonable Accommodation is Costly
By Daniel Miske
United States of America v. Aqua 388 Community Association 2023 WL 6890753 US Dist Ct., C.D. California (October 6, 2023) What you need to know: If a handicapped person asks…