Topic
Reasonable Accommodation
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Ohio Employer Law Blog
Reasonable accommodations are for actual disabilities, not unhinged conspiracies
If I've learned one thing from my 25+ years of practicing law it's that when a court describes your arguments as a "rambling and hyperbolic tirade," your goose is cooked. This…
Workforce Bulletin
Accurate Job Descriptions Remain Critical for ADA Compliance
By Francesco (Fran) A. DeLuca, Sherelle Wu
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), employers do not have to excuse an employee from performing an essential function of a job as a reasonable accommodation. Several courts have…
Long Island Land Use and Zoning
Zoning – Reasonable Accommodations Under the Fair Housing Act
Typically, zoning variances "run with the land", and absent a specific time limitation, they continue until properly revoked. See, St. Onge v. Donovan, 71 NY2d 507, [1988]. As a result,…
Understanding the ADA
Failure to Accommodate: What is Sufficient Notice to an Employer and How Much Documentation Can be Requested
In numerous blog entries, we have talked about how magic words are not required. We have also talked about staying away from requests for excessive documentation. The question is how…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Muckenfuss makes a mask fuss
Michael Muckenfuss worked in maintenance at a Tyson Fresh Meats facility. When the Covid-19 pandemic began, the town's mayor instituted an executive order mandating the wearing of masks, which Tyson…
Understanding the ADA
Major Life Activities as Essential Functions and What That Means for Test Takers Trying to get into Those Jobs
Today’s blog entry deals with two decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dealing with essentially the same fact pattern. One decision, Williams v. MTA Bus…
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
Don’t Let a Focus on Legal Rights Crowd Out Options that Lower Risks
This may seem surprising coming from a lawyer. But, if you focus solely on legal rights and obligations, you may not be taking full advantage of opportunities to lower legal…
Iowa Employer Law Blog
Ignoring a Failed Drug Test as a "Reasonable Accommodation?"
By rsamson@dickinsonlaw.com Dickinson Mackaman Tyler Hagen P.C.
On September 21, 2022, the EEOC announced that it was suing a Florida senior living residence, and the entity which owned it, for disability discrimination. The EEOC stated that the…
SC Employers’ Blog
Notice to Employers: EEOC Requires Employers to Remove “EEO is the Law” Poster, Replace it with Revised “Know Your Rights” Poster
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a revised “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal” Poster on October 20, 2022, replacing its previous “EEO is the Law” Poster, which…
Workers Compensation Watch
Even without paid maternity leave, pregnant workers in Nebraska have some legal protections
By Jon Rehm
The Nebraska Fair Employment Practices Act protects most pregnant workers in Nebraska. Workers’ compensation laws can cover expenses when failures to accommodate pregnancy lead pregnant workers to seek medical treatment.…