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Reasonable Accommodation
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Employment Law Worldview
Failure to Reasonably Accommodate Religious Beliefs Snares Wildlife Department, Nets Win for Employees (US)
A recent decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit—Cherry et al. v Washington Dep’t of Fish & Wildlife, et al., is a primer in employer…
Understanding the ADA
Must You Show Necessity in a Title II Failure to Accommodate Case? Answer: Maybe Maybe Not
This week’s blog entry deals with a published case from the 11th Circuit decided on August 5, 2026 raising interesting issues about when a Title II entity must provide reasonable…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
When ‘performance problems’ are actually a disability
Brian Lee says his employer relabeled his ADHD symptoms as "performance deficiencies" and terminated him a result. The employer, Red Hat, says it was simply managing a struggling employee. A…
The Employer Handbook Blog
Why an Open Job Beats Unpaid Leave When an Employee Can Work
The employee asked his manager about less physically demanding jobs. The manager offered to contact the risk department, then could not remember whether he ever did. TL;DR: The Fourth Circuit…
Labor & Employment Insights
Look Before You Leave: 4th Circuit Encourages Other ADA Accommodations
By Sarahanne Y. Vaughan, Jennifer M. Trulock
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that an employee could establish a failure to accommodate claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act, where the employee requested to be…
Disability, Leave & Health Management Blog
Illinois’ Menopause Equity and Care Act Expands Employment Protections
By Sarah J. Gasperini, Alison B. Crane, John Cratty
On August 7, 2026, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed the Illinois Menopause Equity and Care Act, making Illinois one of the first states to include menopause-related conditions as a protected…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Temporary accommodations don’t rewrite the job description
One of the more persistent myths in ADA litigation that if an employer temporarily accommodates an employee in a certain way, it has forever admitted that the accommodation is reasonable.…
The Employer Handbook Blog
Caught Sleeping on Shift, Then Citing a Diagnosis: Why the Timing Killed This ADA Claim
A hospital tech got caught sleeping on the overnight shift. Blaming a diabetes medication for it, only after getting caught, didn’t turn her firing into disability discrimination. TL;DR: An imaging…
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Union worker wins disability discrimination appeal
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The Second Circuit has reinstated a disability discrimination claim, holding the jury may find that an employer denied the plaintiff a reasonable accommodation necessitated by a serious vein condition that…
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Second Circuit Emphasizes Importance of Accommodation Analysis in Remote Work Cases
The Second Circuit (which covers New York, Connecticut and Vermont) recently revived an employee’s ADA and NYC Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) failure-to-accommodate claims, which were based on his employer’s denial…