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Reasonable Accommodation
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Understanding the ADA
Unreasonable Delay in Granting a Reasonable Accommodation is Actionable Under the ADA
Before starting our blog entry, two lions of the civil rights movement passed away on the same day recently. C.T. Vivian and John Lewis. John Lewis happened to be the…
Health Law Prof Blog
The Deserving Worker: Decisions About Workplace Accommodation by Judges and Laypeople
Jill D. Weinberg (Tufts University), Laura Beth Nielsen (Northwestern University), Kathryn Albrecht, The Deserving Worker: Decisions About Workplace Accommodation by Judges and Laypeople, 41 L. & Pol’y 286 (2020):Employment civil…
Workforce Bulletin
Sweeping Changes for Virginia Employers Take Effect
By Nathaniel M. Glasser, Garen E. Dodge, Maxine Adams, Eric I. Emanuelson Jr.
July 1, 2020 represents a milestone for Virginia employers. As we previously reported, nearly two dozen new employment laws take effect, including the Virginia Values Act. In addition, all of…
California Employment Law Report
Five Updates For California Employers
This Friday's Five highlights five recent recordings of common questions we are hearing from California businesses during the last few weeks of June 2020. 1. Coronavirus Reasonable Accommodation Requests ZLG…
Religion Clause
Cert. Petition Filed In Title VII Reasonable Accommodation Case
A petition for certiorari (full text) was filed this week in Small v. Memphis Light, Gas and Water, (Sup. Ct., file 6/16/2020). In the case, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of…
Employment & Labor
EEOC Update: The Commission Rolls Out Its Latest COVID-19 Guidance
By: Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Christopher DeGroff, Matthew J. Gagnon, and Alex S. Oxyer Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 11, 2020, the EEOC updated its Technical Assistance Q&A webpage to address…
Fair Housing Defense
COVID-19: One Request is a Reasonable Accommodation and One is Not (But May Be Worth a Compassionate Release)
I wanted to offer up two related COVID-19 fair housing scenarios I have seen recently in my discussions with apartment management clients. As written here (and elsewhere) regularly, our Fair…
Understanding the ADA
What Does Transitory and Minor Mean for Purposes of Regarded As Claims
Before moving on to today’s blog entry, I want to point out an excellent blog entry from my friend, colleague, and fellow blogger, Robin Shea. Last week, she blogged on…
The Employer Report
From Safer-at-Home to Safer-at-Work: the EEOC Issues Guidance to Help Reopening Employers Manage “High Risk” Employees
By Michael E. Brewer, Emily Harbison, Autumn Sharp
Are you ready to protect employees at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19 as you reopen? That's a question the CDC asks in its recently-released guidance for employers considering…
ADA Update
Five Reasonable Accommodations at Work
By Maia Goodell
With workplaces reopening in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, people with all types of disabilities are wondering if they can ask their employer for what they need. Here are…