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Reasonable Accommodation
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Larkin Hoffman Employment & Labor Law Blog
Undue Hardship for Religious and Medical Exemptions From a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy
Many employers are adopting a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy, or they are required by owners, contractors, developers, or state, local or federal government to adopt such a policy for employees…
Employment Law Lookout
COVID Confusion Clarity: California DFEH Issues Guidance for Businesses Confronting Vaccination and Testing Exemption Requests
By Kristina M. Launey Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 18, the DFEH issued Guidance which expressly approves denial of entry to individuals who cannot show a negative COVID test or proof of…
Workforce Bulletin
<em>Video:</em> Remote Work and Reasonable Accommodations, Important Dates for Federal Contractors, Learn About AI – <em>Employment Law This Week</em>
As featured in #WorkforceWednesday: This week, we focus on the uptick in requests for remote work as a reasonable accommodation during COVID-19 and what employers should consider when addressing them.…
Association Alert
Residents are Not Owed Preferred Accommodations for Disability
By Daniel Miske
Facts In May of 2016 the Association implemented a rule that allowed owners to bring furniture to the pool area for their use “but they must remove these items daily…
Schneiders & Associates Blog
Can I Implement a Mandatory Vaccine Policy for My Employees – And What is a Mandatory Vaccine Policy?
It is likely that President Biden’s administration will implement a mandatory vaccine policy for all private-sector employers with 100 or more employees. Failure to comply with the policy will result…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Reasonable Accommodations: A Tale of Two Statutes
[caption id="attachment_3025" align="alignleft" width="216"] Austin Employment Lawyer Jairo Castellanos[/caption] Most people are familiar with an employer’s duty under the Americans with Disabilities Act to provide a qualified worker with a…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Choice of Two Reasonable Accommodations Lies with the Employer
In Austgen v. Allied Barton Security Services, LLC, No. 19-20613, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 20085 (5th Cir. 6/26/2020), a security officer, working for the Port of Houston, encountered back pain…
Law and the Workplace
Louisiana Enacts Workplace Protections for Employees Disabled Due to Pregnancy and Limits the Use of Criminal Background Checks in Hiring
By Nicole Eichberger, Margaret Swetman, Eric Novak
Louisiana employers should be aware of two new laws which went into effect on August 1, 2021. The first, Act 393, provides for reasonable accommodations of employees who become temporarily…
WISE
EEOC Files First Lawsuit Against Employer for Failing to Accomodate Work Request due to COVID-19
By Publisher
Along with the new wave of post-COVID litigation surfacing across the country, the EEOC has now brought its first lawsuit against an employer for allegedly failing to accommodate and unlawfully…
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
EEOC Files First ADA Reasonable Accommodation Lawsuit Related to COVID-19 and Working From Home
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has long taken the position that an employer must allow an employee with an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covered disability to work…