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Reasonable Accommodation
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Ogletree Deakins Insights
Fido, Sit … Stay … and Roll Over for Your Court-Ordered ADA Inspection
By By: James M. Paul, Lauren H. Zeldin
In the employment context, employers are required to consider whether an employee’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) request to bring a service animal or an emotional support animal (ESA) to…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Interactive Dialogue and Reasonable Accommodations
In Harmon v. Texas Southern Univ., No. 14-21-00125 (Tex.App. Corpus Christi 6/15/2023), the court denied the employer's Plea to Jurisdiction. It also looked behind the employer's weak arguments about what…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Remote Work May Require Full‑Time Accommodation Under Disability Laws
In this Disability Pride Month, a reminder to employers that when an employee asks for a reasonable accommodation to work from home full-time due to a medical condition, you need…
Employment Lawscene Blog
Employment LawScene Alert: Pregnant and Nursing Employees Have Newly Expanded Rights
By Erica Reib
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP Act) and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) into law. Both expand the…
Employment Law Worldview
Entitled or Disabled? A Timely Look at Timeliness (US)
Did you see the latest viral TikTok, in which the TikToker complains that she was disrespected by a potential employer during an interview when she inquired about available accommodations for…
Workforce Bulletin
Know Your Rights: The EEOC Revises Its Workplace Discrimination Poster to Include the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
It is time, again, to update your workplace posters. Coinciding with the effective date of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released a…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
A disabled employee is entitled to a “reasonable” accommodation, not a “preferred” accommodation
Jay Hannah worked as a package delivery driver for UPS. He developed hip bursitis, which caused pain in his lower back, hip, and buttocks. As a result, he requested two…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Fifth Circuit Weighs in for the First Time Since COVID-19 as to When Remote Work Can Be Reasonable Accommodation
By Publisher, Rebecca A. Magee
Fifth Circuit precedent recognizes the “general consensus among courts” that regular, in-person work is an essential function of most jobs. Yet the continued viability of this premise has been in…
Meenan & Associates Guardian Advocate & Worker Justice Blogs
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Signed into Law
Nearly five decades after the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the 116th Congress of the United States has signed into law the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). Set to…
SC Employers’ Blog
SCOTUS Issues New Undue Hardship Standard for Religious Accommodation Requests
Employers faced with requests from employees for a religious accommodation to an employment requirement, policy or practice are now required to apply a new undue hardship analysis when considering whether…