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Reasonable Accommodation
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Understanding the ADA
Carrying Gun as an Essential Function of the Job
Picture: A glock pistol, set against a dark background, standing up with barrel pointed down on a brown hardwood floor with its magazine lying next to it. This blog entry…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Disabled Employee Sues Employer Under ADA After Being Fired for Failing to Return to Office Post-COVID
By Anne Hall
A disabled employee has sued his employer after he was fired for failing to return to the office following the COVID-19 pandemic. Zacchery Beval, who suffers from various medical conditions,…
Labor & Employment Insights
ADA Speed Bump Ahead: Steer Clear of Eliminating Essential Functions
By Anne R. Yuengert, Sarahanne Y. Vaughan
When is driving an essential function of a job? What if the employee drives herself to customers’ homes to provide services and now wants to use alternative modes of transportation?…
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
Have A Visual Disability: EEOC Issues Guidance On Your Workplace Rights
EEOC has issued a guidance to assist workers with visual disabilities regarding their workplace rights. This guidance discusses:when an employer may ask an applicant or employee questions about a vision…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
7th Circuit Rules ADA May Require Accommodations for Commuting Employees
By Anne Hall
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) may require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for employees to commute. However,…
Morea Law Blog
Understanding New Jersey’s Pregnancy and Maternity Leave Laws
We often get questions from our New Jersey clients about the rights of employees who are going out on pregnancy and maternity leave. This issue can be confusing to business…
Employment Law Worldview
Accommodating Disabilities Under the ADA: Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Must (US)
Court explains that “feasible” isn’t always “reasonable.” It’s widely understood that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) generally requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities to enable…
Health Law Prof Blog
Free Speech Culture as an Anticipatory ‘Reasonable Accommodation’ for People with Psycho-social Disabilities and Neurodiverse People
Reuben Kirkham (Monash University), Free Speech Culture as an Anticipatory 'Reasonable Accommodation' for People with Psycho-social Disabilities and Neurodiverse People (Liberty & Law Center Research Paper) (forthcoming):This paper is the…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Failure to advise employer of a disability dooms employee’s ADA claim
True or false — An employer must always reasonably accommodate an employee’s disability if necessary to permit the employee to perform the essential functions of the job unless it causes…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Accommodating Mental Health Needs After Global Crisis Events
On this World Mental Health Day, employers should be particularly mindful to accommodate those who may need mental health support in the wake of the terrorist attacks on Israel. Employers…